Mar 13, 2025

10 tongue twisters every Indian child grew up learning

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Tongue twisters to try

Tongue twisters are a beloved play for children. They are not just super fun to pronounce but also help improve speech. And when someone messes up, the laugh riots and mocking do not stop. And to give you a whiff of nostalgia, here are 10 tongue twisters to try.

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Betty’s butter

Undoubtedly one of the most unique and famous tongue twisters was this one - Betty bought some butter, but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought some better butter to make the bitter butter better. The repetition of ‘B’ in this one was what made people confused after a point.

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Chandu Ke Chacha

A famous Hindi twister, "Chandu ke chacha ne Chandu ki chachi ko Chandni Chowk me chandni raat mein chaandi ke chamach se chatni chatayi" was a complete delight. The repetition of ‘cha’ and ‘ch’ sounds made it impossible to pronounce without fumbling.

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Selling shells

A classic English tongue twister, ‘She sells sea shells on the sea shore’ made people laugh out loud when the ‘seas’ and ‘sh’ collided.

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Peter’s peppers

The repetition of the ‘P’ sound made this twister super hard to pronounce. The tongue twister is - ‘Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.’

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Coffee for father

Another Hindi tongue twister is - ‘Give Papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup.’ And the way people fumbled between the ‘p’ and ‘c’ sounds made everyone laugh out loud.

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The woodchuck’s story

An extremely difficult tongue twister, not just for children but also adults is - How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? As children people tried to speak it out super fast but always ended up failing and fumbling.

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The ‘kaccha papad’

A rather simple sounding tongue twister was ‘Kaccha papad, pakka papad.’ But, the trick was that you had to speak it super fast, 10 times at least to win, but nobody could do it without fumbling.

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Cupcake cooking

A rather underrated tongue twister was ‘The cooks cook cupcakes quickly, can cooks cook cupcakes quicker than quick cooks cook?’ Most people backed out of repeating these even before trying out!

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The mighty saw

Another fun tongue twister is ‘I saw a saw that could saw out any other saw I ever saw’. It confused people with the repetition of ‘saw’ words and made it super tricky to say out loud.

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The ripe papaya

Another famous Hindi tongue twister that was supposed to be repeated quickly 5-10 times was ‘Pake ped pe paka papita, paka ped ya paka papita’.

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