Try to pronounce the sentence she sells sea shells by the seashore and you will probably understand what a tongue-twister is.  Tongue-twisters are usually used as word games in the English-speaking world, often as a form of entertainment for children.  These phrases are designed to cause the speaker to make mistakes, which are usually just meaningless words.  However, the phrase can also be designed to make the speaker unintentionally say specific—and sometimes even obscene—words.

Read more about tongue twisters on our English pronunciation blog: 

http://saundz.com/pronunciation-practice-with-english-tongue-twisters/

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  • Nice recording, Gabriel! It's really great that you invest so much effort but it's interesting, isn't it?

    Hopefully, other people will be driven by your example :) 
    Thanks!

  • Dear Saundz, 

    Could you recommend me a masseur or masseuse who can massage my tongue, please? I really got my tongue twisted while reciting the tongue-twisters you asked us to try. If it's hard to believe, just listen to my voice recording. Thank you!

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    Tongue-twister

    She sells seashells on the seashore.
    The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure.
    For if she sells seashells on the seashore

    Then I’m sure she sells seashore shells. 

    Tongue-twister

    Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.
    While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew.
    Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze.
    Freezy trees made these trees’ cheese freeze.

    That’s what made these three free fleas sneeze.

    Tongue-twister

    Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
    A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
    If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

    Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

    Tongue-twister

    Betty Botter bought a bit of butter.
    The butter Betty Botter bought was a bit bitter
    And made her batter bitter.
    But a bit of better butter makes better batter.

    So Betty Bottery bought a bit of better butter.

  • You're welcome Suri! 
    We also believe it's a fun way of practicing pronunciation. 

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