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She sells seashells by the seashore

/ʃi selz ˈsiːʃelz baɪ ðə ˈsiːʃɔːr/

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

/ˈpiːtə ˈpaɪpər pɪkt ə pek ʌv ˈpɪkəld ˈpepərz/

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Big black bug

/bɪɡ blæk bʌɡ/

2

Blue bluebird

/bluː bluːbɜːrd/

3

Bye bye

/baɪ baɪ/

4

Cup of coffee

/kʌp əv ˈkɔːfi/

5

Eleven elves

/ɪˈlevən elvz/

6

Fresh fried fish

/freʃ fraɪd fɪʃ/

7

Friendly fleas and fireflies

/ˈfrendli fliːz ənd ˈfaɪərflaɪz/

8

Greek grapes

/ɡriːk ɡreɪps/

9

I scream, you scream

/aɪ skriːm, juː skriːm/

10

Kitten in the kitchen

/ˈkɪtn ɪn ðə ˈkɪtʃɪn/

11

Quick kiss

/kwɪk kɪs/

12

Red leather, yellow leather

/red ˈleðər, ˈjeloʊ ˈleðər/

13

Red lorry, yellow lorry

/red ˈlɒri, ˈjeloʊ ˈlɒri/

14

She sells seashells

/ʃiː selz ˈsiːʃelz/

15

Six thin things

/sɪks θɪn θɪŋz/

16

The big bug bit the little beetle

/ðə bɪɡ bʌɡ bɪt ðə ˈlɪtəl ˈbiːtl/

17

These things

/ðiːz θɪŋz/

18

Three free throws

/θriː friː θroʊz/

19

Toy phone

/tɔɪ foʊn/

20

Tricky, frisky snake

/ˈtrɪki, ˈfrɪski sneɪk/

21

Two witches

/tuː ˈwɪtʃɪz/

22

Whether the weather

/ˈweðər ðə ˈweðər/

23

Wood would

/wʊd wʊd/

24

Zebras zig

/ˈziːbrəz zɪɡ/

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Pad kid poured curd pulled cod.

/pæd kɪd pʊəd kɜːrd pʊld kɒd./

2

If you must cross a course cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully.

/ɪf juː mʌst krɒs ə kɔːs krɒs kaʊ əkrɒs ə ˈkraʊdɪd kaʊ ˈkrɒsɪŋ, krɒs ðə krɒs kɔːrs kaʊ əkrɒs ðə ˈkraʊdɪd kaʊ ˈkrɒsɪŋ ˈkeəfəli./

3

Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons — balancing them badly.

/brɪsk breɪv brɪɡəˈdɪəz ˈbrændɪʃt brɔːd braɪt bleɪdz, ˈblʌndəˌbʌsɪz, ənd ˈblʌdʒənz — ˈbælənst ðem ˈbædli./

4

Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.

/sɪks sɪk hɪks nɪk sɪks slɪk brɪks wɪð pɪks ənd stɪks./

5

Can you can a canned can into an un-canned can like a canner can can a canned can into an un-canned can?

/kæn juː kæn ə kænd kæn ˈɪntuː æn ʌnˈkænd kæn laɪk ə ˈkænər kæn kæn ə kænd kæn ˈɪntuː æn ʌnˈkænd kæn?/

6

The sixth sick sheikh’s sixth sheep’s sick.

/ðə sɪksθ sɪk ʃeɪk’s sɪksθ ʃiːp’s sɪk./

7

Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.

/ˈrɔːri ðə ˈwɔːriər ənd ˈrɒdʒər ðə ˈwɜːriər wɜːr rɪəd ˈrɒŋli ɪn ə ˈrʊrəl ˈbruːəri/

8

Ingenious iguanas improvising an intricate impromptu on impossibly-impractical instruments.

/ɪnˈdʒiːniəs ɪˈɡwɑːnəz ˌɪmprəˈvaɪzɪŋ æn ˈɪntrɪkət ˌɪmprɒmpˈtjuː ɒn ɪmˈpɒsɪbliː ɪmˈpræktɪkəl ˈɪnstrumənts./

9

I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.

Where she shines, she sits, and where she sits, she shines.

/aɪ sɔː ˈsuːzi ˈsɪtɪŋ ɪn ə ʃuː ʃaɪn ʃɒp.

weə ʃiː ʃaɪnz, ʃiː sɪts, ənd weə ʃiː sɪts, ʃiː ʃaɪnz./

10

When a doctor doctors a doctor, does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor?

/wen ə ˈdɒktər ˈdɒktəz ə ˈdɒktər, dʌz ðə ˈdɒktər ˈduːɪŋ ðə ˈdɒktərɪŋ ˈdɒktər æz ðə ˈdɒktər ˈbiːɪŋ ˈdɒktəd wɒnts tə biː ˈdɒktəd ɔːr dʌz ðə ˈdɒktər ˈduːɪŋ ðə ˈdɒktərɪŋ ˈdɒktər æz hiː wɒnts tə ˈdɒktər?/

11

These thousand tricky tongue twisters trip thrillingly off the tongue.

/ðiːz ˈθaʊzənd ˈtrɪki tʌŋ ˈtwɪstəz trɪp ˈθrɪlɪŋli ɒf ðə tʌŋ./

12

Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday.

/ˈθɜːti θriː ˈθɜːsti, ˈθʌndərɪŋ ˈθʌrəʊbredz θʌmpt ˈmɪstər ˈθɜːrbər ɒn ˈθɜːrzdeɪ./

13

Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons—balancing them badly.

/brɪsk breɪv brɪɡəˈdɪəz ˈbrɔːd braɪt bleɪdz, ˈblʌndəˌbʌsɪz, ənd ˈblʌdʒənz—ˈbælənst ðem ˈbædli./

14

A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.

/ə skʌŋk sæt ɒn ə stʌmp ənd θʌŋk ðə stʌmp stʌŋk, bʌt ðə stʌmp θʌŋk ðə skʌŋk stʌŋk./

15

Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup.

/ɡɪv ˈpɑːpə ə kʌp əv ˈprɒpər ˈkɒfi ɪn ə ˈkɒpər ˈkɒfi kʌp./

16

He threw three free throws.

/hiː θruː θriː friː θrəʊz./

17

Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear.

/nɪə(r) ən ɪə(r), ə ˈnɪərə ɪə(r), ə ˈnɪəli ˈɪəri ɪə(r)./

18

Many an anemone sees an enemy anemone.

/ˈmeni æn əˈneməni siːz æn ˈenəmi əˈneməni./

19

Chop shops stock chops.

/ʧɒp ʃɒps stɒk ʧɒps./

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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.

/ˈpiːtər ˈpaɪpər pɪkt ə pek əv ˈpɪkəld ˈpepəz;

ə pek əv ˈpɪkəld ˈpepəz ˈpiːtər ˈpaɪpər pɪkt;

ɪf ˈpiːtər ˈpaɪpər pɪkt ə pek əv ˈpɪkəld ˈpepəz,

weəz ðə pek əv ˈpɪkəld ˈpepəz ˈpiːtər ˈpaɪpər pɪkt./

2

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck

if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,

and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would

if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

/haʊ mʌʧ wʊd wʊd ə wʊdʧʌk ʧʌk

ɪf ə wʊdʧʌk kʊd ʧʌk wʊd?

hi wʊd ʧʌk, hi wʊd, æz mʌʧ æz hi kʊd,

ænd ʧʌk æz mʌʧ wʊd æz ə wʊdʧʌk wʊd

ɪf ə wʊdʧʌk kʊd ʧʌk wʊd./

3

She sells seashells on the seashore.

The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure.

And if she sells seashells on the seashore,

Then I’m sure she sells seashore shells.

/ʃiː selz ˈsiːʃɛlz ɒn ðə ˈsiːʃɔːr.

ðə ʃɛlz ʃiː sɛlz ɑːr ˈsiːʃɛlz, aɪm ʃʊə.

ænd ɪf ʃiː sɛlz ˈsiːʃɛlz ɒn ðə ˈsiːʃɔːr,

ðɛn aɪm ʃʊə ʃiː sɛlz ˈsiːʃɔːr ʃɛlz./

4

Birdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye.

If cows could fly I’d have a cow pie in my eye.

/ˈbɜːrdi ˈbɜːrdi ɪn ðə skaɪ leɪd ə ˈtɜːrdi ɪn maɪ aɪ./

/ɪf kaʊz kʊd flaɪ aɪd hæv ə kaʊ paɪ ɪn maɪ aɪ./

5

How much ground would a groundhog hog, if a groundhog could hog ground? A groundhog would hog all the ground he could hog, if a groundhog could hog ground.

/haʊ mʌʧ ɡraʊnd wʊd ə ˈɡraʊndhɒɡ hɒɡ, ɪf ə ˈɡraʊndhɒɡ kʊd hɒɡ ɡraʊnd?

ə ˈɡraʊndhɒɡ wʊd hɒɡ ɔːl ðə ɡraʊnd hi kʊd hɒɡ, ɪf ə ˈɡraʊndhɒɡ kʊd hɒɡ ɡraʊnd./

6

Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.

Spread it thick, say it quick!

Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.

Spread it thicker, say it quicker!

Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.

Don’t eat with your mouth full!

/ˈjɛloʊ ˈbʌtə(r), ˈpɜːrpl ˈdʒɛli, rɛd dʒæm, blæk brɛd.

sprɛd ɪt θɪk, seɪ ɪt kwɪk!

ˈjɛloʊ ˈbʌtə(r), ˈpɜːrpl ˈdʒɛli, rɛd dʒæm, blæk brɛd.

sprɛd ɪt ˈθɪkər, seɪ ɪt ˈkwɪkər!

ˈjɛloʊ ˈbʌtə(r), ˈpɜːrpl ˈdʒɛli, rɛd dʒæm, blæk brɛd.

doʊnt iːt wɪð jʊər maʊθ fʊl!/

7

I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.

/aɪ slɪt ðə ʃiːt, ðə ʃiːt aɪ slɪt, ænd ɒn ðə ˈslɪtɪd ʃiːt aɪ sɪt./

8

Luke Luck likes lakes.

Luke’s duck likes lakes.

Luke Luck licks lakes.

Luck’s duck licks lakes.

Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes.

Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.

/luːk lʌk laɪks leɪks.

luːk's dʌk laɪks leɪks.

luːk lʌk lɪks leɪks.

lʌk's dʌk lɪks leɪks.

dʌk teɪks lɪks ɪn leɪks luːk lʌk laɪks.

luːk lʌk teɪks lɪks ɪn leɪks dʌk laɪks./

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All I want is a proper cup of coffee.

Made in a proper copper coffee pot.

You can believe it or not.

But I want a cup of coffee from a proper copper pot.

Tin coffee pots or iron coffee pots, they’re not good to me.

If I can’t have a proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot, I’ll just have tea.

All I want is a proper cup of coffee.

Made in a proper copper coffee pot.

You can believe it or not.

But I want a cup of coffee from a proper copper pot. 

/ɔːl aɪ wɒnt ɪz ə ˈprɒpər kʌp əv ˈkɒfi/

/meɪd ɪn ə ˈprɒpər ˈkɒpər ˈkɒfi pɒt/

/juː kæn bɪˈliːv ɪt ɔːr nɒt/

/bʌt aɪ wɒnt ə kʌp əv ˈkɒfi frəm ə ˈprɒpər ˈkɒpər pɒt/

/tɪn ˈkɒfi pɒts ɔːr ˈaɪən ˈkɒfi pɒts, ðeər nɒt ɡʊd tə miː/

/ɪf aɪ kɑːnt hæv ə ˈprɒpər kʌp əv ˈkɒfi frəm ə ˈprɒpər ˈkɒpər ˈkɒfi pɒt, aɪl dʒʌst hæv tiː/

/ɔːl aɪ wɒnt ɪz ə ˈprɒpər kʌp əv ˈkɒfi/

/meɪd ɪn ə ˈprɒpər ˈkɒpər ˈkɒfi pɒt/

/juː kæn bɪˈliːv ɪt ɔːr nɒt/

/bʌt aɪ wɒnt ə kʌp əv ˈkɒfi frəm ə ˈprɒpər ˈkɒpər pɒt/

2

To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,

In a pestilential prison, with a life-long lock,

Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock,

From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block!

To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,

In a pestilential prison, with a life-long lock,

Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock,

From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block!

A dull, dark dock, a life-long lock,

A short, sharp shock, a big black block!

To sit in solemn silence in a pestilential prison,

And awaiting the sensation.

From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block!

/tə sɪt ɪn ˈsɒləm ˈsaɪləns ɪn ə dʌl, dɑːk dɒk,

ɪn ə ˌpɛstɪˈlɛnʃəl ˈprɪzən, wɪð ə ˈlaɪf-lɒŋ lɒk,

əˈweɪtɪŋ ðə ˌsɛnˈseɪʃən əv ə ʃɔːrt, ʃɑːrp ʃɒk,

frəm ə ʧiːp ənd ˈʧɪpi ˈʧɒpər ɒn ə bɪɡ blæk blɒk!/

/tə sɪt ɪn ˈsɒləm ˈsaɪləns ɪn ə dʌl, dɑːk dɒk,

ɪn ə ˌpɛstɪˈlɛnʃəl ˈprɪzən, wɪð ə ˈlaɪf-lɒŋ lɒk,

əˈweɪtɪŋ ðə ˌsɛnˈseɪʃən əv ə ʃɔːrt, ʃɑːrp ʃɒk,

frəm ə ʧiːp ənd ˈʧɪpi ˈʧɒpər ɒn ə bɪɡ blæk blɒk!/

/ə dʌl, dɑːk dɒk, ə ˈlaɪf-lɒŋ lɒk,

ə ʃɔːrt, ʃɑːrp ʃɒk, ə bɪɡ blæk blɒk!/

/tə sɪt ɪn ˈsɒləm ˈsaɪləns ɪn ə ˌpɛstɪˈlɛnʃəl ˈprɪzən,

ænd əˈweɪtɪŋ ðə ˌsɛnˈseɪʃən

frəm ə ʧiːp ənd ˈʧɪpi ˈʧɒpər ɒn ə bɪɡ blæk blɒk!/

3

Betty Botter bought some butter but, said she, the butter’s bitter.

If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter.

But a bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better.

So she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter, put it in her bitter batter, made her bitter batter better.

So ‘t was better Betty Botter bought some better butter.

/ˈbɛti ˈbɒtə bɔːt səm ˈbʌtə bʌt, sɛd ʃiː, ðə ˈbʌtəz ˈbɪtə/

/ɪf aɪ pʊt ɪt ɪn maɪ ˈbætər, ɪt wɪl meɪk maɪ ˈbætər ˈbɪtə/

/bʌt ə bɪt əv ˈbɛtər ˈbʌtə wɪl meɪk maɪ ˈbɪtə ˈbætər ˈbɛtə/

/səʊ ʃiː bɔːt səm ˈbɛtər ˈbʌtə, ˈbɛtər ðæn ðə ˈbɪtə ˈbʌtə,/

/pʊt ɪt ɪn hɜːr ˈbɪtə ˈbætər, meɪd hɜːr ˈbɪtə ˈbætər ˈbɛtə/

/səʊ twəz ˈbɛtə ˈbɛti ˈbɒtə bɔːt səm ˈbɛtər ˈbʌtə/

4

I’m a mother pheasant plucker, I pluck mother pheasants.

I’m the most pleasant mother pheasant plucker to ever pluck a mother pheasant.

I’m not the pheasant plucker

I’m the pheasant plucker’s wife, I’ve been plucking Mother pheasants my whole pheasant plucking life.

I’m not the pheasant plucker

I’m the pheasant plucker’s mate,

I’m only plucking Pheasants ’cause the pheasant plucker’s late.

/aɪm ə ˈmʌðər ˈfɛzənt ˈplʌkər, aɪ plʌk ˈmʌðər ˈfɛzənts.

/aɪm ðə məʊst ˈplɛzənt ˈmʌðər ˈfɛzənt ˈplʌkər tə ˈɛvə plʌk ə ˈmʌðər ˈfɛzənt./

/aɪm nɒt ðə ˈfɛzənt ˈplʌkər aɪm ðə ˈfɛzənt ˈplʌkərz waɪf, aɪv bɪn ˈplʌkɪŋ ˈmʌðər ˈfɛzənts maɪ həʊl ˈfɛzənt ˈplʌkɪŋ laɪf./

/aɪm nɒt ðə ˈfɛzənt ˈplʌkər aɪm ðə ˈfɛzənt ˈplʌkərz meɪt, aɪm ˈəʊnli ˈplʌkɪŋ ˈfɛzənts kəz ðə ˈfɛzənt ˈplʌkərz leɪt./

5

A tree-toad loved a she-toad.

Who lived up in a tree.

He was a two-toed tree-toad.

But a three-toed toad was she.

The two-toed tree-toad tried to win.

The three-toed she-toad’s heart.

For the two-toed tree-toad loved the ground.

That the three-toed tree-toad trod.

But the two-toed tree-toad tried in vain;

He couldn’t please her whim.

From her tree-toad bower.

With her three-toed power.

The she-toad vetoed him.

/ə triː-toʊd lʌvd ə ʃiː-toʊd/

/huː lɪvd ʌp ɪn ə triː./

/hiː wəz ə tuː-toʊd triː-toʊd,

bʌt ə θriː-toʊd toʊd wəz ʃiː./

/ðə tuː-toʊd triː-toʊd traɪd tə wɪn

ðə θriː-toʊd ʃiː-toʊdz hɑːrt,

fɔː ðə tuː-toʊd triː-toʊd lʌvd ðə ɡraʊnd./

/ðæt ðə θriː-toʊd triː-toʊd trɒd.

bʌt ðə tuː-toʊd triː-toʊd traɪd ɪn veɪn;

/hiː ˈkʊldənt pliːz hɜːr wɪm./

/frəm hɜːr triː-toʊd ˈbaʊər,

wɪð hɜːr θriː-toʊd ˈpaʊər,

ðə ʃiː-toʊd ˈviːtəʊd hɪm./

6

Mr. See owned a saw.

And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw.

Now, See’s saw sawed Soar’s seesaw.

Before Soar saw See, Which made Soar sore.

Had Soar seen See’s saw.

Before See sawed Soar’s seesaw,

See’s saw would not have sawed. Soar’s seesaw.

So See’s saw sawed Soar’s seesaw.

But it was sad to see Soar so sore just because See’s saw sawed Soar’s seesaw.

/ˈmɪstə sɪː oʊnd ə sɔː./

/ænd ˈmɪstə sɔːr oʊnd ə ˈsiːsɔː./

/naʊ, siːz sɔː sɔːd sɔːrz ˈsiːsɔː

bɪˈfɔːr sɔːr sɔː siː,

wɪʧ meɪd sɔːr sɔːr./

/hæd sɔːr siːn siːz sɔː

bɪˈfɔːr siː sɔːd sɔːrz ˈsiːsɔː,

siːz sɔː wʊd nɒt hæv sɔːd

sɔːrz ˈsiːsɔː./

/səʊ siːz sɔː sɔːd sɔːrz ˈsiːsɔː./

/bʌt ɪt wəz sæd tə siː sɔːr səʊ sɔːr

ʤʌst bɪˈkɔːz siːz sɔː sɔːd

sɔːrz ˈsiːsɔː./

7

Ned Nott was shot and Sam Shott was not.

So it is better to be Shott than Nott.

Some say Nott was not shot.

But Shott says he shot Nott.

Either the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot, Or Nott was shot.

If the shot Shott shot shot Nott, Nott was shot.

But if the shot Shott shot shot Shott.

Then Shott was shot, not Nott.

However, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott, but Nott.

/nɛd nɒt wəz ʃɒt ənd sæm ʃɒt wəz nɒt./

/səʊ ɪt ɪz ˈbɛtə tə biː ʃɒt ðən nɒt./

/səm seɪ nɒt wəz nɒt ʃɒt./

/bʌt ʃɒt seɪz hiː ʃɒt nɒt./

/ˈaɪðər ðə ʃɒt ʃɒt ʃɒt æt nɒt wəz nɒt ʃɒt,

ɔːr nɒt wəz ʃɒt./

/ɪf ðə ʃɒt ʃɒt ʃɒt nɒt, nɒt wəz ʃɒt./

/bʌt ɪf ðə ʃɒt ʃɒt ʃɒt ʃɒt,

ðɛn ʃɒt wəz ʃɒt, nɒt nɒt./

/haʊˈɛvə, ðə ʃɒt ʃɒt ʃɒt nɒt ʃɒt, bʌt nɒt./

8

Theophilus Thistle, the Thistle Sifter, Sifted a sieve of unsifted thistles.

If Theophilus Thistle, the Thistle Sifter, Sifted a sieve of unsifted thistles,

Where is the sieve of un-sifted thistles.

Theophilus Thistle, the Thistle Sifter, sifted?

/θiːˈɒfɪləs ˈθɪsl ðə ˈθɪsl ˈsɪftər,

ˈsɪftɪd ə sɪv əv ʌnˈsɪftɪd ˈθɪslz./

.ɪf θiːˈɒfɪləs ˈθɪsl ðə ˈθɪsl ˈsɪftər,

ˈsɪftɪd ə sɪv əv ʌnˈsɪftɪd ˈθɪslz,

wɛər ɪz ðə sɪv əv ʌnˈsɪftɪd ˈθɪslz/

/θiːˈɒfɪləs ˈθɪsl ðə ˈθɪsl ˈsɪftər, ˈsɪftɪd?/

9

A flea and a fly in a flue.

Said the fly “Oh what should we do”.

Said the flea” Let us fly. Said the fly “Let us flee”.

So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

/ə fliː ənd ə flaɪ ɪn ə fluː

sɛd ðə flaɪ “əʊ wɒt ʃʊd wiː duː”

sɛd ðə fliː “lɛt ʌs flaɪ”

sɛd ðə flaɪ “lɛt ʌs fliː”

səʊ ðeɪ fluː θruː ə flɔː ɪn ðə fluː./

10

Of all the felt I ever felt,

I never felt a piece of felt

which felt as fine as that felt felt,

when first I felt that felt hat’s felt.

/əv ɔːl ðə fɛlt aɪ ˈɛvər fɛlt,

aɪ ˈnɛvər fɛlt ə piːs əv fɛlt

wɪʧ fɛlt æz faɪn æz ðæt fɛlt fɛlt,

wɛn fɜːst aɪ fɛlt ðæt fɛlt hæts fɛlt./