Tongue twisters and super long words

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By icewave5

Introduction

Want to show off to friends and family with long words that don't even know showing them you can spell and know the meaning of it, how about testing yourself on twisting tongue twisters.  I remember the days when tongue twisters were said to other students testing who could sucesfully say the tongue twister. People failed, little succeded.

Tongue twisters

Classic well-known tongue twisters

Betty Botter bought some butter,
"But," she said, "this butter's bitter.
If I bake this bitter butter,
It will make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter -
That would make my batter better."
So she bought a bit of butter,
Better than her bitter butter,
And she baked it in her batter,
And the batter was not bitter.
So 'twas better Betty Botter
Bought a bit of better butter.



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.



Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?


She sells seashells on the seashore.
The shells she sells are seashells, I'm sure.



Other tongue twisters

A big bug bit a bold bald bear and the bold bald bear bled blood badly

Can you can a canned can into an uncanned can like a canner can can a canned can into an uncanned can?

Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie


Super Long words

Some i tried to learn and succeeded spelling and knowing the meaning, takes time though.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - Fear of long words (ironic isn't it, first long word i know how to spell)

Antidisestablishmentarianism   [an-tee-dis-uh-stab-lish-muhn-tair-ee-uh-niz-uhm, an-tahy]-opposition of taking the church and state and seperating them

supercalafragalisticexpialadocious-used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English

Floccinaucinihilipilification [flok-suh-naw-suh-nahy-hil-uh-pil-uh-fi-key-shuhn] -estimation of something as worthless and invaluable.



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Comments

Janetta 3 years ago

How about 'I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit. Upon a slitted sheet I sit.'

and 'Unique New York' :) I like tongue twisters--interesting hub

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icewave5 Hub Author 3 years ago

thanks, i like them as well since they so poetic in their own sense.

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Dame Scribe Level 2 Commenter 3 years ago

Very nicely done :) I love trying those tongue twisters too but best not under the influence of alcohol, lol

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frogdropping 3 years ago

Icewave - I remember learning Deoxyribonucleicacid (DNA) years ago and that was long enough thanks :)

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sixtyorso 3 years ago

Churchill acutally used Floccinaucinihilipilification in one of his speeches. enjoyable hub.

Jim 3 years ago

pnemonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

MangoGirl 3 years ago

Did you know that underground is the only word in English that begins and ends with 'und'? :)

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fastfreta Level 5 Commenter 2 years ago

My favorite tongue twister goes like this: BETTY BOTTER BOUGHT SOME BUTTER, BUT SHE SAID THIS BUTTER'S BITTER, AND IF I PUT IT IN MY BATTER, IT WILL MAKE MY BATTER BITTER. BUT IF I BUY SOME BETTER BUTTER, BETTER THAN THE BITTER BUTTER, AND I PUT IT IN MY BATTER, IT WILL MAKE MY BATTER BETTER. SO BETTY BOTTER BOUGHT SOME BETTER BUTTER, BETTER THAN THE BITTER BUTTER AND SHE PUT IT IN HER BATTER AND IT MADE THE BATTER BETTER. Now that's the way we say it in the States. I know, because I mastered it over fifty years ago, as a young girl, and I've been able to say it ever since. I really did like your hub though.

Sophie 2 years ago

I love these long words. I can successfully say that I am the only one of my friends that can say both Antidisestablishmentarianism and Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia without missing a beat. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobiaalsocurrently happens to be my favorite word for two reasons. 1. It is extremely fun to say. And 2. I love the irony. I can also spell antidisestablishmentarianism without pauses!!

Claire 2 years ago

You spelled one of the words wrong. It's actually: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

loulou 2 years ago

it iz aazing

Kyle 2 years ago

Say "la-lai-lou-lai-lou-lo" three times fast.

Amanda NIcole 23 months ago

CHESTER CHEETA CHEWED A CHUCK OF CHEAP AND CHUNCKY CHEETER CHEESE

Ian 23 months ago

the sheik's sixth sheep's sick

smiggle123 23 months ago

it is the best better i wanted to know how to say it

robert 16 months ago

i'd like more tongue twisters

earthtinkerbell 16 months ago

here one of my favorite tongue twisters = BIG AND LITLE AND LITTLE MANY MUBBLING MICE ARE MAKING MIDENIGHT MUSIC IN THE MOONNIGHT

Phoenix 7 weeks ago

Tounge twisters are soooo easy to do

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