I've been looking up tongue twisters lately to try on Ana.

[conuly]

Most of them are nonsensical, not very difficult to say, or just variations of "woodchuck" with the wood and chuck swapped out for other words.

But I found one that I really like today:

Reading and writing are richly rewarding.

It's pretty, it doesn't look as hard as it is (it's the writing), and it has a nice moral in it. Unlike seventy-seven benevolent elephants, which I intend to toss into I'm Going on a Trip one of these days because it is impossible to just throw into casual conversation.

I need an icon with my favorite ever, known since childhood (my sister practiced with a short version before admitting to my parents she could speak): You know New York, you need New York, you know you need unique New York.

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[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

You might try looking up practice phrases for speech therapy.

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Reading and writing being richly rewarding I found easy. (And so true. :-) On the other hand, I've always found the s and th twisters hard, possibly due to my nonstandard tongue usage.

Theophilus, the unsuccessful thistle-sifter, who thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb.

He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.

I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, upon the slitted sheet I sit. (Don't give that one to children.)

[leora.livejournal.com]

I tried it out, but found it easy. I wonder if dialect makes a difference.

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

You might try looking up practice phrases for speech therapy.

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Reading and writing being richly rewarding I found easy. (And so true. :-) On the other hand, I've always found the s and th twisters hard, possibly due to my nonstandard tongue usage.

Theophilus, the unsuccessful thistle-sifter, who thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb.

He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.

I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, upon the slitted sheet I sit. (Don't give that one to children.)

[leora.livejournal.com]

I tried it out, but found it easy. I wonder if dialect makes a difference.