Tongue twisters that every Indian kid grew up learning

Jun 13, 2024 Aakanksha Sharma

'Chandu ke chacha' and 'Betty's butter'

Tongue twisters used to be one of the most fun games to play. The repetition of certain words and sounds made them extremely challenging but also super interesting. Here we mention 10 tongue twisters that every Indian kid grew up speaking and learning. Canva

Selling a seashell

One of the Classic tongue twisters that every Indian kid grew up saying is - ‘She sells seashells by the seashore’. This one teaches and ‘confuses’ people with the ‘s’ and ‘sh’ sounds. Canva

A boy buys peppers

Another famous tongue twister was ‘Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers’. The continuous use of the ‘P’ sound made this tongue twister extremely difficult. Canva

Betty buys butter

Another classic tongue twister was ‘Betty bought butter but because the butter was bitter Betty bought a better butter to make the bitter butter better’. This was an exhilarating tongue twister which was extremely complicated because of the constant ‘B’ sound. Canva

A woodchuck

Another difficult tongue twister was ‘How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?’. It was both funny and silly and had constant ‘W’ and ‘CH’ sounds. Canva

Who wants ice cream?

One of the favourite tongue twisters of young kids was ‘I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream’. This one had repetitions of ‘S and C’, which made it both complicated and fun. Canva

Who was a bear?

An easy looking tongue twister was ‘Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear’. But, the real difficulty came in when it was repeated 10 times really quickly. The ‘F and W’ when pronounced quickly used to get mixed up pretty easily. Canva

The colours of lorry

Another amazing tongue twister was ‘Red lorry, yellow lorry’. It is a short but tricky twister especially when repeated 10-15 times. Canva

The slippery snails

Another difficult twister was one with constant ‘S and SL’ sounds. It said ‘Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward’. Canva

The story of thieves

Another famous twister was ‘The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday’. The repeated use of the ‘Th’ sound was what made it complex but really fun to speak out loud. Canva

A Hindi twister

A favourite Hindi tongue twister was ‘Chandu ke chacha ne chandu ki chachi ko chandi chowk se chandi ke chammach se chatni chatayi’. The repetition of ‘CH’ was what made this twister extremely fun but also difficult. Canva

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Tongue twisters that every Indian kid grew up learning

'Chandu ke chacha' and 'Betty's butter'

​Selling a seashell

​A boy buys peppers

​Betty buys butter