Trivia: World’s Hardest Tongue Twister

By Alex in Daily Trivia on Sep 24, 2007 at 12:02 am

World’s hardest tongue twister is "The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick."


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  1. collapsibletank
    Sep 24th, 2007 at 3:20 am

    This is wrong, of course!

    The hardest tongue twister is “The black bloke’s back brake-block broke.”

  2. Lawrence
    Sep 24th, 2007 at 4:49 am

    Maybe for english, but for Simplified Chinese, the hardest one is the chinese poem about a lion eating poet which is 93 pronounced versions of shi…

    http://www.fa-kuan.muc.de/SHISHI.RXML

  3. Justin
    Sep 24th, 2007 at 12:18 pm

    is sheik pronounced “shake” or “sheek”?

  4. jenni
    Sep 24th, 2007 at 1:10 pm

    The hardest tongue twister is actually quite simple:

    toy-boat.

    I have never come across a person that could say that five times fast without inevitably uttering: “toy-boit.”

  5. june
    Sep 24th, 2007 at 4:05 pm

    I can’t even say that in my MIND, never mind out loud!

  6. leslie
    Sep 24th, 2007 at 8:43 pm

    wow i cant say toy boat five times… hahahaha…

  7. brayden
    Sep 25th, 2007 at 3:48 pm

    i’m sure no one will find this interesting, but I’ve got toy boat licked, no problem. the sheik and his black buddy though? no dice.

  8. Jack Hynes
    Oct 8th, 2007 at 4:51 am

    How weird to see one of my sheep as an illustration for the article! I had to search all over to find where you’d found the shot (Wikipedia I guess now). Cheers!

  9. Alex
    Oct 8th, 2007 at 12:25 pm

    You’ve got a very nice looking sheep, Jack Hynes!

  10. kaki
    Dec 9th, 2007 at 11:52 am

    toy boat is very simple, but the seep’s shriek is the hardest.

  11. mS.UnFoRgEtAbLe
    Jan 5th, 2009 at 5:13 am

    dahhh…..

    this is not the hardest tongue twister…

    i can repeat as many times as I can…..

    can you find more??….

    and the toy boat is very simple….

    most of the people can say it properly…

    dahhhhh…….

  12. my oh my bacon bits
    Feb 11th, 2009 at 1:14 pm

    thats a good one ive got better ones go to king tongue twisters .con
    http://www.kingtonguetwisters.com

  13. stepahnie
    Jun 19th, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    that is so stupid the sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick:P
    wtf

  14. stepahnie
    Jun 19th, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    well everbody can say that doi doi?•?????

  15. cRips'13
    Aug 8th, 2009 at 4:23 am

    haha. those tounge-twister are easy. esp. toy boat; i already said it for 10 times clear without saying toy boit. try this one.
    Three Swedish switched witches watch three Swiss Swatch watches switches. Which Swedish switched witch watch which Swiss Swatch watch witch?”

  16. cRips'13
    Aug 8th, 2009 at 4:24 am

    haha. those tounge-twister are easy. esp. toy boat; i already said it for 10 times clear without saying toy boit. try this one.
    Three Swedish switched witches watch three Swiss Swatch watches switches. Which Swedish switched witch watch which Swiss Swatch watch witch?”

  17. cRips'13
    Aug 8th, 2009 at 4:25 am

    Three Swedish switched witches watch three Swiss Swatch watches switches. Which Swedish switched witch watch which Swiss Swatch watch witch?”

  18. cRips'13
    Aug 8th, 2009 at 4:27 am

    i really don’t find tongue-twisters very hard.=]
    hahaha.am i boastful?. if you seek amy.

  19. somebody
    Aug 8th, 2009 at 9:39 am

    hello… tongue-twisters are hard!

  20. bla...bla
    Aug 8th, 2009 at 9:57 am

    hello…tongue twisters are very very very hard i can’t even do peter piper!!!

  21. woopdeedoo
    Aug 9th, 2009 at 4:37 pm

    Luke’s duck licks lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luke’s duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes. Luke luck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck’s duck likes

  22. woopdeedoo
    Aug 9th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    if you like to eat potato chips and chew pork chops on clipper ships, i suggest that you chew a few chips and a chop at skipper zipps clipper ship chip chop shop

  23. woopdeedoo
    Aug 9th, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    if you must cross a course cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully

  24. woopdeedoo
    Aug 9th, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    say peggy babcock 10 times fast or irish wristwatch 10 times fast!!!

  25. rix rox
    Aug 10th, 2009 at 1:16 am

    id rather say this then do my homwork (look down)

    my baby bro can say it better!!!!!!!!!!~~~~~~~

  26. rix rox
    Aug 10th, 2009 at 1:22 am

    wait a sec a 4got 2 tel u dis is esia then the longest word in english hindi and in the hole asia 2getha

  27. Nick
    Aug 12th, 2009 at 2:24 pm

    The hardest i’ve come across is actually Russian. Phonetically in English it is:

    Yekhal gryeka chyeryez ryeku. Vidit gryeka v ryekye rak. Tsunul gryeka ruku v ryeku. Rak zaruku gyeki tsap.

  28. Matt O'Brien
    Mar 12th, 2010 at 5:22 pm

    I disagree
    I think the hardest is
    “Irish Wrist Watch” 5 times
    fast

  29. Jake Luba
    Sep 4th, 2010 at 6:00 am

    I AGREE, THAT THIS IS A HARD TONGUE TWISTER, BUT DISAGREE THAT IT IS THE HARDEST. I WILL NAME HARDER ONE’S. FOR EXAMPLE ONE I INVENTED: (Epileptic Hiccup). try saying <<< that 3-5 times "fast/ really fast." Now here is another one, but I did not make this one up, or any of the others I am about to give you, or any one else. Here it is: (Red Leather, Yellow Leather). try saying <<>> MOVING ON TO MORE HARD TONGUE TWISTERS: I do agree with the person above who said “Irish Wrist Watch” is a hard tongue twister because it is for a lot of people. Try saying (“Irish Wrist Watch”) 3-5 times “fast/ really fast.” P.S. to Matt O’Brien, I knew about that tongue twister also. ANOTHER TONGUE TWISTER IS: (UNIQUE NEW YORK) TRY SAYING <<< THAT 3-5 TIMES "FAST/ REALLY FAST". LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE LAST TONGUE TWISTER I HAVE IS: (YOU KNOW YOU NEED UNIQUE NEW YORK). TRY SAYING <<< THAT 3-5 TIMES "FAST/ REALLY FAST". Remember: ("Epileptic Hiccup") is by Jake Luba.

  30. Jake Luba
    Sep 4th, 2010 at 6:05 am

    Matt O’Brien Look at my tongue twisters on this site.

  31. matias
    Sep 27th, 2010 at 6:42 pm

    q aburido!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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