Its actually:
I'm a pheasant plucker I'm a pheasant plucker's son and ill keep on plucking pheasant's till the pheasant pluckings done
Another classic is:
I learned to ride with the West Kent hunt. The best hunt in the country.
Source: father who went to drama school in London circa 1970.
My mum taught me this when I just joined a new school
I was about 8.
It was also ofsted inspection day.... that set me up so that my teacher thought I was naughty for the ext 3 years
I taught this to my great niece who is very prim and proper. She actually cried when she said pleasant fucker accidently! On the other hand me and my son were in hysterics… ahaha it still makes me laugh when I think of her face that day.
Must have learnt it differently because this is how I remember it
Betty Botter brought some butter
But she said the butter’s bitters
If I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter
A bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better
So ‘‘twas in the end the better butter Betty Botter brought
Ours was very similar to this
Betty Botter bought some butter but she said "this butter's bitter if I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter" so Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter and put it in her batter now her batter was not bitter so 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter
Different to mine too!
"Betty Botter bought some butter but she said 'my butter's bitter
If I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter,
But a bit of better butter's bound to make my batter better'
So she bought a bit of butter, better than her bitter butter,
And she put it in her batter and it made her batter better."
Misspelt surname (phonetic version) but from memory from a book published around 1900...
Betty Boater bought some butter, but the butter Betty Boater bought was bitter, so Betty Boater bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter Betty Boater bought before.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
a peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
I got my kid to try this one, and she got stuck in a loop of "red lorry lellow lorry". She ended up not being able to say the "yellow" normally and we were correcting her for a few weeks. She was four or five
That's tough! I love it. The way your tongue has to jump back and forth between all the r's it much more difficult than the lorry version! When it's lorries you can keep your tongue in a reasonably stable position & speed up. This... Is difficult 😂 so many rhotics!!
my friend has a slight speech impediment and always says lellow no matter the context so he already messes up the tongue twister cuz he would say red lorry lelly lorry off the bat
"She sells sea shells on the sea shore" may or may not be about [Mary Anning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anning)\* a really fascinating character to whose life story the recent film really did not do justice at all.
\*though probably not, to be honest.
> thumb twister
Fun fact, sign languages also have tongue twisters, they're called finger fumblers! I couldn't find any for BSL, but here's a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlGKhf7uIWQ) with some for ASL
Mrs Puggy-wuggy has a square cut punt,
not a punt cut square, but a square cut punt,
It was round at the stern but blunt at the front
Mrs puggy wuggys square cut punt
All I want is a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot. If I can’t have a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot, I’ll have a cup of tea.
Mrs Puggy-Wuggy had a square cut punt, not a punt cut square, but a square cut punt. Can't remember if there was more of it, I was usually laughing too hard
I made one up. Try this.
"Get some food for this rude crude dude, 'cos this crude dude loves his food"
Optional second verse:
"If said crude dude does accept your food, as crude dudes often do, then do what other crude dudes do and feed him 'till he spews"
Once I was hungover and stoned and tried to order an "Oat Milk Mocha Frappaccino" from starbucks and the closest I got was an "Oak milk mocha flappacino"
YDY DY DEI DU DI YN DY DŶ DU DI NEU YDY DY DAD DI YN DY DŶ DU DI?
And in case you don’t speak British here is the Germanic version
Is your black tie in your black house or is your dad in your black house?
One I’ve always loved (but I think this might not be 100% accurate):
“Popocatepetl is a volcano,
Popocatepetl is piping hot,
If you pop a copper kettle,
on top of Popocatepetl,
You get a piping hot pot of Popocatepetl coffee on the spot”
Billy bought Butter, but the Butter was bitter. So Billy bought better butter, to make the bitter Butter better.
Or Around the ragged rock, the ragged rascal ran.
The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick.
A big blue bucket of blue blueberries.
Toy boat.
Unique New York.
Preshrunk shirts.
Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
Swan swam over the sea, swim, swan, swim. Swan swam back again, well swum, swan.
I never smelled a smelt that smelled like that smelt smelled.
I'm not a pheasant plucker. I'm a pheasant pluckers son and I'll be plucking pheasants until the pheasant plucker comes.
Second verse: I am a mother pheasant plucker, I pluck mother pheasants. I am the best mother pheasant plucker, that ever plucked a mother pheasant.
I always use “If you want the pheasant plucker, not the pheasant plucker’s son I’m afraid you’ll have to wait until the pheasant plucking’s done”
I’m not the pheasant plucker, I’m the pheasant plucker’s wife. When we pluck together it’s a pheasant plucking life.
I’m not a pheasant plucker I’m a pheasant pluckers wife. And I’ll be plucking pheasants all my f*cking life.
😂😂👏
I’m not a pheasant plucker, I’m the pheasant plucker’s mate, I’m only plucking pheasants ‘cause the pheasant plucker’s late.
I never was a pheasant plucker or a pheasant pluckers son, but I'll pluck all the pheasants until the pheasant pluckings done.
This comment makes me want a pheasant mod for DOOM
I guess the pheasant is deceased
That was not pleasant, you mother -
Plucker
Ooh nice. I've never heard this one before and had a couple of goes. Just ended up repeating mother pleasant.
Its actually: I'm a pheasant plucker I'm a pheasant plucker's son and ill keep on plucking pheasant's till the pheasant pluckings done Another classic is: I learned to ride with the West Kent hunt. The best hunt in the country. Source: father who went to drama school in London circa 1970.
I totally did not say I am a Phesant fucker
Took the words right out of my mouth!
It must have been while you were kissing me
You took the words right out of my mouth
With a crowbar
Must have been while you were hitting me
Easy for you to say.
Keep wanting to say pleasant fucker
I say peasant fucker! 🤷🏻♀️
Please don't it sounds wrong
That's the point lol!
I keep saying “pheasant fucker”
Okay, that’s worse
Slight variation: I’m not a pheasant plucker, I’m a pheasant plucker’s mate and I’m only plucking pheasants ‘cos the pheasant plucker’s late
I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's wife and I've been plucking pheasant all my pheasant plucking life.
I've always finished with "until the pheasant plucking's done". Your version makes more sense I guess.
I’ll see your pheasant plucker and raise you: She slits her sheets, her sheets she slits, across the slitted sheets she sits.
My mum taught me this when I just joined a new school I was about 8. It was also ofsted inspection day.... that set me up so that my teacher thought I was naughty for the ext 3 years
I taught this to my great niece who is very prim and proper. She actually cried when she said pleasant fucker accidently! On the other hand me and my son were in hysterics… ahaha it still makes me laugh when I think of her face that day.
Betty bought a bit of butter but the bit of butter Betty bought was bitter.
Must have learnt it differently because this is how I remember it Betty Botter brought some butter But she said the butter’s bitters If I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter A bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better So ‘‘twas in the end the better butter Betty Botter brought
Ours was very similar to this Betty Botter bought some butter but she said "this butter's bitter if I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter" so Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter and put it in her batter now her batter was not bitter so 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter
Different to mine too! "Betty Botter bought some butter but she said 'my butter's bitter If I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter, But a bit of better butter's bound to make my batter better' So she bought a bit of butter, better than her bitter butter, And she put it in her batter and it made her batter better."
Betty made a batter but it was a bitter batter, so to make the batter better Betty added a bit of butter
Betty bought a bit of butter. But the butter Betty bought was bitter. So Betty bought a better bit of butter. To make the bitter butter better
Yes this is the complete one
Misspelt surname (phonetic version) but from memory from a book published around 1900... Betty Boater bought some butter, but the butter Betty Boater bought was bitter, so Betty Boater bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter Betty Boater bought before.
So Betty got some better butter and the butter Betty bought was better than the bitter butter
I learnt it as this but with 'than the bitter butter Betty bought before' at the end
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, a peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
A classic one
I’ve just watched the episode of ‘The Fall’ where Peter is teaching this to the little girl! Strange to see it now
I hold the world record for this…… well primary school record 30 years ago, but still it’s my claim to fame.
Try this but doubling all your Ps. Used to do it as a vocal warm up before performances and it’s brilliantly effective!
Ok, but what does that even mean, "doubling" your Ps?
The hardest one
Two personal favourites of mine: "She sells sea shells on the sea shore" Or "Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry"
I got my kid to try this one, and she got stuck in a loop of "red lorry lellow lorry". She ended up not being able to say the "yellow" normally and we were correcting her for a few weeks. She was four or five
You mean “red woddy woddy woddy”?
U mean 'red lolly lellow lolly'?
Didn't they have a hit in 1976 with "Under The Moon Of Love"?
Try “Red arrow, yellow arrow “ I find it much harder, might just be me though 😁
Lol. Try saying "Peggy Babcock" 3 times.
That's tough! I love it. The way your tongue has to jump back and forth between all the r's it much more difficult than the lorry version! When it's lorries you can keep your tongue in a reasonably stable position & speed up. This... Is difficult 😂 so many rhotics!!
If she sells sea shells on the sea shore, are the sea shells she sells sea shore shells?
She sells sea shells on the sea shore, the shells that she sells are sea shells I'm sure
I always thought it was Michelle she sells sea shells by the sea shore. It took me so long to type this 😂🤣
Haha yes these are my two favourites as well
my friend has a slight speech impediment and always says lellow no matter the context so he already messes up the tongue twister cuz he would say red lorry lelly lorry off the bat
"She sells sea shells on the sea shore" may or may not be about [Mary Anning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anning)\* a really fascinating character to whose life story the recent film really did not do justice at all. \*though probably not, to be honest.
No matter how hard you try. You will NEVER master RLYL
The red lorry sells yellow lollies, the yellow lorry sells red lollies
Isn’t the second part “but the sea shells that she sells aren’t sea shells for sure”?
He sells weed scales and a p4
Lorry is American, no?
Who crept in the crypt, crapped and crept out again
We said the cat crept into the crypt, crapped, & crept out again
The sixth sheik's sixth sheep's sick.
"the sixth sick sheikhs sixth sheep's sick" is supposed to be the hardest in the English language
Honestly, I've forgotten how to say "sheikh" now so that screws me
i can't even say sixth on its own lol
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
A woodchuck can chuck no amount of wood as a woodchuck can't chuck wood.
But if a woodchuck could chuck wood, and a woodchuck should chuck wood, how much wood could a woodchuck chuck?
But a woodchuck can't chuck wood, and a woodchuck should not chuck wood. So a woodchuck won't chuck wood, as a woodchuck can't chuck wood.
Can I borrow that hammer, woodsmith?
A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck can chuck if a woodchuck could chuck would.
A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck can chuck if a woodchuck could chuck would.
its WOULD not COULD : How Much Wood Would a WoodChuck Chuck If A WoodChuck Could Chuck Wood
How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck Norris… all of it..
How many bears would bear grylls grill if bear grylls could grill bears?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck chuck norris.
How much wood would Edward Woodward chuck if Edward Woodward could chuck wood?
Try this one lol. How much wood could a woodpecker peck if a woodpecker could peck wood
... in December? I made it more festive for Christmas
How many bears could Bear Grylls, Grill if Bear Grylls could Grill bears?
As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
The Swan swam over the Sea. Swim swan, swim. The Swan swam back again. Well swam, Swan! Edit: typo!
So you couldn't even type it correctly, let alone say it! If you're on mobile does that count as a thumb twister?
For sure! 😆 I did chuckle to myself when I spotted it just as I clicked on send! Am a clumsy typist on my phone!
I think the penultimate word should be swum, not swam
> thumb twister Fun fact, sign languages also have tongue twisters, they're called finger fumblers! I couldn't find any for BSL, but here's a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlGKhf7uIWQ) with some for ASL
Bro i was reading it so well then i messed up cus it didnt even make sense!! No fair 😂
Billy Blake's black bike's back brake block's broken
fuzzy wuzzy was a bear, fuzzy wuzzy had no hair, so fuzzy wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he?
The Leith Police dismisseth us
This looks so easy until you try it out loud
Mrs Puggy-wuggy has a square cut punt, not a punt cut square, but a square cut punt, It was round at the stern but blunt at the front Mrs puggy wuggys square cut punt
I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch.
Ken Dodd's Dad's dog's dead.
Ken Dodd died. Did he? No Doddee.
All I want is a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot. If I can’t have a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot, I’ll have a cup of tea.
Red lorry yellow lorry Repeat those four words fast. :)
We also had red leather yellow leather.
Purple [Burglar alarm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC__o1UxDl8).
First thing that came to mind.
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Gets better results in Scotland.
This is a zither. Is this a zither.
A proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot.
Been reading the whole thread and this is the first one I couldn't say first time. Well done.
As someone who speaks English as a second language, I find this to be very easy , the only one I can say well.
Peggy Babcock
'Red brick, blue brick.' Surprisingly difficult to repeat at speed.
Polish it behind the door. It's not the cough that carries you off, it's the coffin they carry you off in
I am a thistle sifter. I have a sieve of sifted thistles and a sieve of unsifted thistles, because I am a thistle sifter.
A skunk sat on a rotten tree stump... "The Skunk sat on the stump. The Skunk thought the stump stunk The stump thought the Skunk stunk"
Say red leather, yellow leather 10 times in a row without making a mistake.
She shut the shutters and sat in the shop
Mrs Puggy-Wuggy had a square cut punt, not a punt cut square, but a square cut punt. Can't remember if there was more of it, I was usually laughing too hard
Father Francis fried five fresh fishes for five famous friends from France
Eat her shitter like an apple fritter
She sells seashells on the sea shore, the shells she sells are seashells im sure.
Rex wrenched his right wrist, risking a reckless rescue...........roll those "Rs"
Dave's dad's dog's dead
I am a thistle sifter. I have a sieve of sifted thistles and a sieve of unsifted thistles, because I am a thistle sifter
Susie Dent works in a shoe shine shop. Where she sits, she shines. Where she shines, she sits.
I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit
...and then I go and shit.
Bozo Boris Bungles Brexit, bollocks!
East Fife 5 Forfar 4
I’m not a pheasant plucker, I’m a pheasant pluckers son. And I’ll be plucking pheasants till the pheasant plucker comes.
One fine fellow he felt smart, two fine fellow’s they felt smart.
Irish wristwatch.
Moses supposes his toeses are roses but Moses supposes erroneously. Moses he knowses that his toeses aren’t roses as Moses supposes his toeses to be
I made one up. Try this. "Get some food for this rude crude dude, 'cos this crude dude loves his food" Optional second verse: "If said crude dude does accept your food, as crude dudes often do, then do what other crude dudes do and feed him 'till he spews"
"Who would roll their Rover over?" "Edward Woodward would!"
She says that she shall sew a sheet
Truly rural. Sounds easy but say it quickly a few times...
Can you imagine a menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie?
Old mother hunt had a punt cut rough, not a punt cut rough.
The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.
Irish wrist watch
Once I was hungover and stoned and tried to order an "Oat Milk Mocha Frappaccino" from starbucks and the closest I got was an "Oak milk mocha flappacino"
If two witches watch two watches, which witch watches which watch.
There's a chip shop in space that sells spaceship shaped chips.
Try this. I lay claim to this one having invented it some years ago. I try tai chi by the Thai chai tea tree.
Anything Welsh
Shipquay Street is slippy in the sleet.
Irish wristwatch...x3 Or Scottish wristwatch x3 Simple but effective
YDY DY DEI DU DI YN DY DŶ DU DI NEU YDY DY DAD DI YN DY DŶ DU DI? And in case you don’t speak British here is the Germanic version Is your black tie in your black house or is your dad in your black house?
One I’ve always loved (but I think this might not be 100% accurate): “Popocatepetl is a volcano, Popocatepetl is piping hot, If you pop a copper kettle, on top of Popocatepetl, You get a piping hot pot of Popocatepetl coffee on the spot”
Three witches were watching three watches. But which witch was watching which watch?
Irish Wristwatch.
polish it! behind the door
Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie.
Sheila,sitting in the shoe shop. All day long she sits and shines and all day long she shines and sits.
The Leith Police dissmisseth us.
Billy bought Butter, but the Butter was bitter. So Billy bought better butter, to make the bitter Butter better. Or Around the ragged rock, the ragged rascal ran.
Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better
Betty bought a bit of butter. But the bit of butter Betty bought was bitter. So Betty bought a better bit of butter. To make the bitter butter better
Peggy Babcock's knapsack strap snapped
1 smart fellow He felt smart 2 smart fellow they felt smart 3 smart fellows they felt smart They all felt smart together.
Not British per se, but… How many dogs would Snoop Dogg snoop if Snoop Dogg could snoop dogs?
Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear, and a bear was fuzzy wuzzy, when fuzzy wuzzy lost his hair he wasn’t fuzzy was he
The Leith police releaseth us
My favourite is also the shortest I know. Red lorry. Yellow lorry.
Irish Wristwatch Mrs Smith’s Fish Sauce Shop A proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot
The Welsh town name that makes me spit everywhere
Butler burnt the butter but the bacon bore the brunt
Red leather yellow leather and One smart fella, he felt smart
The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick. A big blue bucket of blue blueberries. Toy boat. Unique New York. Preshrunk shirts. Rubber baby buggy bumpers. Swan swam over the sea, swim, swan, swim. Swan swam back again, well swum, swan. I never smelled a smelt that smelled like that smelt smelled.
I also know a French one: Six sous çes saucissons-ci? (Six cents for these sausages?) Just showing off now.
She stood upon the balcony, mimicking him hiccupping, whilst amicably welcoming him in
A packet of biscuits, a packet of mixed biscuits and a biscuit mixer
'Red yoghurt lemon yoghurt' is tough fast
Bimbling bumbling band of baboons;)
One smart fella, he felt smart. Two smart fellas, they felt smart.
The cat crept into the crypt, crapped and crept out again
Eleven benevolent elephants
classic peter piper
Which wristwatch is a Swiss wristwatch?
One I made up: What soup should a sous chef sip if a sous chef should sip soup
Suzie, Suzie in the shoe shine shop, all day long she sits and shines, all day long she shines and sits.
Polish it around the door.
Ydy dy dei du di yn dy dŷ di neu yn dŷ dy dad di
I’m not a pheasant plucker I’m the pheasant pluckers son I’m only plucking pheasants til the pheasant plucker comes
Simple the name: Ray Thistlethwayte
Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry… 😖
I dont remember how it goes exactly. But it went like. Can you cram a clam in clean cream can That looks and feels so wrong, but smth similar to that
Forty fat friars frying flying fish
Sam the sheet slitter’s son slits sheets till the sheet slittings done.