# What do you consider the most difficult tongue twister? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-the-most-difficult-tongue-twister/106309 "2002-04-29T15:59:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![meezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@meezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meezer)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-the-most-difficult-tongue-twister/106309/21 "2002-04-30T19:19:31Z")
I slit a sheet, A sheet I slit, And on the slitted sheet I sit ---
**Author:** ![Yondan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/278dde/32.png) [@Yondan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yondan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-the-most-difficult-tongue-twister/106309/22 "2002-04-30T19:44:16Z")
One mah mom tawt me whin I wuz a younker: The big black bug bit the big black bear. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-the-most-difficult-tongue-twister/106309/23 "2002-04-30T19:52:03Z")
Right ring, white wing, right wing, white ring. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-the-most-difficult-tongue-twister/106309/24 "2002-04-30T20:19:35Z")
Try this one: **She stood at the balcony door, inexplicably mimicing him hiccuping, but amicably welcoming him in** It is the middle phrase that is the killer!! Gp ---
**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-the-most-difficult-tongue-twister/106309/25 "2002-04-30T21:32:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zebra \* > \*\*When I was in college (back in the stone age) in speech class we had to read a poem. > > I don’t recall the whole thing but the first line (of about 60) was, > Give me the gift of a grip top sock \*\* The version from my high school drama class: Give me the gift of a grip top sock A clip draped, ship-shape, tip-top sock Not your spin slick, slap stick, slip-shod stock, But a plastic elastic grip top sock. I actually think this one is pretty easy as tongue twisters go, although obviously this version doesn’t have 60 lines. The hardest one I know is: Unique New York You need New York You know you need unique New York ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-the-most-difficult-tongue-twister/106309/26 "2002-04-30T22:03:38Z")
It’s funny how some of these pose no problem for me, and yet some just absolutely slay me. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-the-most-difficult-tongue-twister/106309/27 "2002-04-30T22:20:52Z")
rare white rhino ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-the-most-difficult-tongue-twister/106309/28 "2002-04-30T23:21:10Z")
A skunk sat on a stump. The stump thunk the skunk stunk. The skunk thunk the stump stuck. ---
**Author:** ![SouprChckn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@SouprChckn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouprChckn)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-the-most-difficult-tongue-twister/106309/29 "2002-05-01T00:21:51Z")
I remember this one from an episode of Animaniacs many years ago. Picky pickle picker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-the-most-difficult-tongue-twister/106309.md?page=1)