I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.
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When a doctor doctors a doctor, does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor?
How to say it
This one trips up native speakers. Expect to bite your tongue a few times before it clicks. It's long enough that breath control matters - pause at commas, don't race the whole thing in one go.
Notice the run of 3 words starting with W - that's what makes it slip.
Why it's tricky
This 35-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.
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