The following are believed to be the hardest tongue twisters in the English language. In fact, #1 is dubbed by researchers from MIT as the world’s most difficult tongue twister, and #4 currently sits on the 1st place in The Guinness Book of World Records. But the rest are just as hard; their repeated pronunciation is difficult even for native speakers. Remember, there are criteria for correct pronunciation here: speed and clarity. It’s not just about how fast you are, it’s also about how clear. Don’t forget to share your favorites from the list. ?
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Three Swiss witch-bitches, which wished to be switched Swiss
witch-bitches, wish to watch three Swiss Swatch watch switches. Which
Swiss witch-bitch which wishes to be a switched Swiss witch-bitch, wishes
to watch which Swiss Swatch watch switch?
Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?
Rubber baby buggy bumpers
Red leather yellow leather
A tutor who tooted the flute tried to teach two young tooters to toot.
Said the two to the tutor, “Is it harder to toot or to teach two young tooters to toot?”
What a to-do to die today at a minute or two to two.
A thing distinctly hard to say, but a harder thing to do.
For they’ll beat a tattoo at two today, a ratatatat tattoo.
And the dragon will come when he hears the drum, at a minute or two at two today, at a minute or two today!