# Shortest English Tongue Twister? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 12, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156 "2002-12-12T01:25:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dada321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dada321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dada321)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/1 "2002-12-12T01:25:29Z")
Unique, New York ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/2 "2002-12-12T01:26:24Z")
Toy boat ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/3 "2002-12-12T02:09:11Z")
I don’t find either one hard. Try “Bug’s black blood”. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/4 "2002-12-12T02:14:23Z")
It’s part of a larger tongue twister, but I have trouble saying “sixth sheep” even once. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/5 "2002-12-12T02:15:30Z")
I thought it was “black bug’s blood” ---
**Author:** ![stockton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stockton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stockton)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/6 "2002-12-12T02:42:42Z")
I came into this thread to post what **Dooku** just posted. I’ll refrain, since he’s already done it. Carry on. (Say it 10 times really fast…) ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/7 "2002-12-12T02:45:17Z")
It also doesn’t really count if you are reading it. You have to say it without a visual cue to follow along with. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/8 "2002-12-12T03:26:40Z")
Thousandths. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/9 "2002-12-12T03:27:17Z")
The sixth sick sheikh’s sixth sheep’s sick. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/10 "2002-12-12T03:55:50Z")
It’s not the shortest, but try it. “I felt smart. Smart felt I.” ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/11 "2002-12-12T03:59:21Z")
I don’t think there’s a factual answer to this question, so it doesn’t really belong in GQ. I’ll move this thread over to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/12 "2002-12-12T04:10:00Z")
Oil barrel. Impossible to say more than once. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/13 "2002-12-12T04:27:53Z")
My girlfriend is 5’ tall. She’s a real tongue twister. But, she’s Welsh, not English. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/14 "2002-12-12T05:13:01Z")
Suck cheeze, shark face! ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/15 "2002-12-12T07:41:48Z")
I was writing a report today and was tempted to use: B2B or not B2B? ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/16 "2002-12-12T08:55:30Z")
Red leather, yellow leather (repeat several times…) ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/17 "2002-12-12T13:11:01Z")
The two that seem to trip people the most IMO have both been mentioned: “Toy Boat” (seems to turn into toy boyt for most), and “Red Leather, Yellow Leather” (seems to become red yellow yeller leather). As mentioned before, you can’t read them, you just have to say them. Try them out on an innocent party! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/18 "2002-12-12T13:15:31Z")
Legislative. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/19 "2002-12-12T13:16:30Z")
I learned “red lorry, yellow lorry”. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-english-tongue-twister/142156/20 "2002-12-12T15:18:29Z")
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