En sætning eller række af ord, der er svære at sige korrekt, kaldes en tongue twister på engelsk. Børn elsker tungebrækkere og udfordrer deres venner til at prøve at sige dem hurtigt efter hinanden. For personer, der lærer engelsk, er tungebrækkere en sjov måde at øve udtalen af en eller to lyde ad gangen. Start med at sige tungebrækkeren langsomt og prøv så at gøre det hurtigere. Når du kan sige tungebrækkeren, så prøv at give dig selv en større udfordring ved at sige den en to til tre gange efter hinanden.
| Tungebrækker | Fremhævede lyde/ord | Sværhedsgrad (for modersmålstalere) |
|---|---|---|
| How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? | wood & chuck (betyder: at kaste) | Let |
| Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? | p | Let |
| Can you can a can as a canner can can a can? | can | Let |
| Frivolously fanciful Fannie fried fresh fish furiously | f | Let |
| To begin to toboggan first buy a toboggan, but don't buy too big a toboggan. Too big a toboggan is too big a toboggan to buy to begin to toboggan. | b & t | Let |
| She saw Sharif's shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure those were Sharif's shoes she saw? | s & sh | Let |
| Give papa a cup of proper coffe in a copper coffe cup. | c & p | Medium |
| Black background, brown background | b | Medium |
| Seventy-seven benevolent elephants | l & v | Medium |
| The chic Sikh's sixty-sixth sheep is sick | s & k | Medium |
| A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule. | l & r | Medium |
| A pessemistic pest exists amidst us. | s & st | Medium |
| Drew Dodd's dad's dog's dead. | d | Medium |
| Which witch switched the Swiss wristwatches? | w, s & ch | Svær |
| She sells seashells by the seashore. | s & sh | Svær |
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