When is international tongue twister day

Next Up:. Available On Air Stations. On Air. NPR Headlines. Carol Ritchie ,. Twitter LinkedIn Email. Updated November 8, at PM ET Monday is International Tongue Twister Day and if you're looking for a mouthful, you could celebrate by talking about a sheikh who isn't feeling well. To explain all this you could say: The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick. Take a try at 10 of our favorite tongue twisters: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

She sees cheese. Chop shops stock chops. If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose? Seventy-seven benevolent elephants A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule. One particularly old and well-known tongue twister dates back to at least , if not earlier. That last one was developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be particularly tough to say 10 times fast.

Another way to mark the day: Watch Ammonite , the movie about Mary Anning, a self-taught paleontologist who was known for her historic fossil discoveries and the possible inspiration for the tongue-twister : "She sells seashells by the seashore. We pose this question because today is International Tongue Twister Day. She sells seashells by the seashore. I go from image to image to image to image, and I find this is the way to get my muscles to do what my brain is asking.

She is a dialect coach in New York. The reason they are so difficult to pronounce, especially after repeating them over and over again, because the same sounds are returned at the beginning of each word.

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. The history and the origin of International Tongue Twister Day are still unknown. But the Day was created to fascinate the peoples. The best way to learn the Tongue Twister is by reading the sentence slowly at the start and make sure that you pronounce the beginning and end of the word strongly.

Then read them faster and faster with the clear pronunciation of words. You can also try them by standing in front of the mirror. More than fun, practising the Tongue Twister on a daily basis will. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?

She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells.