Old Mr. Hunt had a cuddy punt Not a cuddy punt but a hunt punt cuddy.
Home / All twisters / Starting with O
One-one was a race horse. Two-two was one too. One-one won one race. Two-two won one too.
How to say it
A solid middle-of-the-road twister - tricky but not impossible. At this length, build up in two-beat chunks and then string them together.
Notice the run of 5 words starting with O - that's what makes it slip.
Why it's tricky
This 17-word twister packs its tricky sounds into a short window, so your tongue gets no rest between each trap. Tongue twisters work by packing similar or alternating sounds close together, so your lips and tongue have to reset faster than normal speech allows - practising them is a great workout for clear diction.
More like this
One was a racehorse, Two was one too. One won a race, Two won one too.
One smart fellow, he felt smart Two smart fellows, they felt smart Three smart fellows, they all felt smart
One black beetle bled only black blood, the other black beetle bled blue.
On mules we find two legs behind and two we find before. We stand behind before we find what those behind be for.
Octopus ocular optics and A cat snaps a rat's paxwax.