h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

You forgot the famous one:

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

(I believe the woodchuck is the same as a groundhog.)

Also, the famous one:

She sells seashells by the sea shore.

This one is also fun:

Butter makes the batter better,
but bitter butter makes the batter bitter.

Somebody got more for the list?

hi

i got a good one in German :

" Fischers Fritz fischt frischer fische ".

( "fische" is pronounced like fisher)

Alec.

Isnt that only half of it? I remember learning it as example of german word order:

Fischers Fritz fischt frischer fische,
frischer fische fischt Fischers Fritz.

ANother nice one in english:

A maid with a duster
Made a furious bluster,
Whilst dusting a bust in the hall.
When the bust it was dusted,
The bust it was busted,
The bust it was dust, thats all.

Not sure how it conforms to "true" tongue twister speedy repetition thing, but it is definitely hard to say .

you are absolutely correct... my wife just smacked me (virtually)
for forgetting the second line to Fischers Fritz... however even now my minions are searching for even more obscure tingue twosters.

Anybody know any Australian ones?

How about a page for anagrams:
"No Sir, away, a papaya war is on !

or a page for expressions for loonies:
" you know, his driveway doesn't go all the way to the road".
or
" he's a few sandwiches short of a picnic"

with regards...alec

an entry on word play does already exist, with anagrams recieving slight mention, but of course, I have totally forgotten the link .

It didnt take long to find though :A229231

Menawhile, we should collate tongue twisters with zeal and abandon.

Huh, just found a web page with loads of twisters .

CHeck out my homepage here for the link which I will put up soon .

you are absolutely correct... my wife just smacked me (virtually)
for forgetting the second line to Fischers Fritz... however even now my minions are searching for even more obscure tingue twosters.

Anybody know any Australian ones?

How about a page for palindromes:
"No Sir, away, a papaya war is on !

or a page for expressions for loonies:
" you know, his driveway doesn't go all the way to the road".
or
" he's a few sandwiches short of a picnic"

with regards...alec

sorryboutsendingthattwicetwice...
palindrome was the right word, not anagram.
alec

well not to worry, cos palindromes get a better mention than anagrams at guide entry I mentioned

Serves me right for totally failing to think about the example you gave, which is a much more obvious palindrome than anagram

Oh well......

just checked the 'word play' site you mentioned...now that has given me food for thought.
alec

yeah its pretty long

Did you find that tongue twister link on my page (http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/U174321) ?

Its also pretty long. People collect the strangest things .

by the way...
somebody mentioned to me that the candidates names :
Bush Gore Nader

when rearranged spell :

DANGEROUS HERB

alec

NIce .

Would love to stay and swop silly stuff, but 3am is way past my bedtime, so I'll be going soon, no doubt see ya soon AlecTrician,
have fun.

Eleven plus two = Twelve plus one

has to be one of my all time faves though.

Have you ever heard of this one?

I am a sheet slitter.
I slit sheets.
I am the best sheet slitter
that ever slit a sheet.

say this ten times fast: "three boys felt smart"