Tongue twister

Published January 18, 2014
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Ape cakes, grape cakes.

Ape cakes, grape cakes.

Ape cakes, grape cakes.


If I assist a sister-assistant, will the sister’s sister-assistant assist me?


“What ails Alex?” asks Alice.


Andrea and Andrew ate eight acid apples accidentally


Abe and Babe will grab a grub from Greg.

Will Abe and Babe grab a grub from Greg?

If Abe and Babe will grab a grub from Greg,

Where’s the grub from Greg Abe and Babe will grab?


Bill had a billboard.

Bill also had a board bill.

The board bill bored Bill,

So Bill sold his billboard

And paid his board bill.

Then the board bill

No longer bored Bill,

But though he had no board bill,

Neither did he have his billboard!


Cheerful Charlie chose a cheesy chowder.

Did cheerful Charlie choose a cheesy chowder?

If cheerful Charlie chose a cheesy chowder,

How cheerful was Charlie after he chose the cheesy chowder?

The little addled adder added ads


Ann Anteater ate Andy Alligator’s apples, so angry Andy Alligator ate Ann Anteater’s ants.

Can an active actor always actually act accurately?


Blake the baker bakes black bread.


“The bun is better buttered,” Buffy muttered.


All I want is a proper cup of coffee,

Made in a proper copper coffeepot.

You can believe it or not

I want a cup of coffee

In a proper coffeepot.

Tin coffeepots or

Iron coffeepots,

They’re no use to me.

If I can’t have a

Proper cup of coffee

In a proper copper coffeepot

I’ll have a cup of tea!

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