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And we made it! All 26 letters of the alphabet tongue-twisted! Because this here is the last one…

Zealous zithers slither zestfully to the zenith.

Again, it was my own ‘take’ on other similar tongue-twisters out there. I hope you like it?

And now that this month’s craziness of blogging almost daily is over with, I’m planning on returning to my regular scheduled program of every Monday morning, 9am my time… at least, until the #blogJune craziness starts up in earnest!

Have a great week, dear Reader!

— KRidwyn

Almost there! These last few have seemed harder than the first several though. I wonder if that’s to do with my creativity running stale, or now I’m back at work I’m more time-poor? Anyway, here ’tis:

Local yokel yodels youthful jokes

It’s a bit of a spin on other ‘y’ tongue-twisters out there, but I’d like to think I added some uniqueness to it…

And have a great day, dear Reader!

— KRidwyn

[The #AtoZchallenge is a daily blogging challenge which has been running for quite a few years now, with hundreds of participants worldwide. Blogging happens each day in April except Sundays, and on each letter of the alphabet, starting at A and finishing with Z.]

So this is one of my own…

Guess quick! Who wrecked Trixie’s esky?

Yes, so there weren’t as any ‘x’s in there as I’d have liked, but I was aiming for a play on the ‘x’ sound, mixed with the ‘ess’, ‘eck’, ‘ick’ and ‘esk’. Not sure I’ve pulled it off, but I’m not unhappy with it…

And have a great day, dear Reader!

–KRidwyn

[The #AtoZchallenge is a daily blogging challenge which has been running for quite a few years now, with hundreds of participants worldwide. Blogging happens each day in April except Sundays, and on each letter of the alphabet, starting at A and finishing with Z.]

I found several variations on my favourite tongue-twister here, but the one I deem the ‘most fun’ would have to be…

 I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch.

Courtesy Sweetrhymes (they’re a pretty good resource, when you look into it!)

And tune in tomorrow for ‘x’!

Have a great day, dear Reader 🙂

— KRidwyn

What do you think of this one? Courtesy Sweetrhymes 🙂

Valuable valley villas.

Short, but sweet, don’t you think? Just like their website posited they would be 🙂

And have a great day, dear Reader 🙂

— KRidwyn

[The #AtoZchallenge is a daily blogging challenge which has been running for quite a few years now, with hundreds of participants worldwide. Blogging happens each day in April except Sundays, and on each letter of the alphabet, starting at A and finishing with Z.]

I’m studying ‘Poetry’ with my Year 8 English class at the moment; and all things alliteration and assonance were on the menu last week. So I shared with them the tongue-twister:

Unique New York

which uses the ‘u’ vowel sound (and also the ‘n’ consonant) but the tongue-twister I want to post as *my* ‘most fun ‘U’ example’ uses both the ‘u’ vowel sound and ‘st’, ‘sh’ and ‘ch’ as well:

If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?

More complex = more fun, don’t you think? Tongue-twister courtesy pun.me again 🙂

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it, and have a great day, dear Reader!

— KRidwyn

My bad! I had meant to post this ‘S’ tongue-twister originally, but got completely side-tracked by Greg Hurwitz’s surprise find. The one I had chosen to share prior to reading his ORPHAN X was this:

Six thick thistle sticks.

And I found it again because the ‘T’ tongue-twister I wanted to use today was from the same website, so thank you Sweetrhymes!

Three free throws.

… or you could try the extended version:

He threw three free throws.

So there you go: two tongue-twisters today, for the price of one 🙂  You’re welcome!

And have a great day, dear Reader!

— KRidwyn

[The #AtoZchallenge is a daily blogging challenge which has been running for quite a few years now, with hundreds of participants worldwide. Blogging happens each day in April except Sundays, and on each letter of the alphabet, starting at A and finishing with Z.]

This one I found in a novel I read recently – and it took me COMPLETELY by surprise! Any ‘Reiders’ among my Readers may recall a novel Janet used as a prize in a Flash Fiction comp last year (or perhaps in 2016?): ORPHAN X by Greg Hurwitz. Well, imagine my surprise to find the following alliteration, just last week, when I had tongue-twisters on my mind:

Slatcher’s broad fingers scrabbled for purchase across the sleek silicon, sending shotgun shells scattering.

Oh, and if you haven’t read this novel, do so! I found it really rather enjoyable 🙂

And I wonder if you also, liked his impromptu tongue-twister, too?

Have a great day, dear Reader 🙂

— KRidwyn

[The #AtoZchallenge is a daily blogging challenge which has been running for quite a few years now, with hundreds of participants worldwide. Blogging happens each day in April except Sundays, and on each letter of the alphabet, starting at A and finishing with Z.]

Update: and HUGE thank you to fellow Reider Colin Smith for the exact date of the contest, so I could provide the link for anyone interested: Orphan X flash fiction contest

So check this one out! Courtesy Easy English via YouTube

Quinella Quist quite quickly quelled the quarrelling quartet

Cool, hey!

And have a great day, dear Reader 🙂

— KRidwyn

[The #AtoZchallenge is a daily blogging challenge which has been running for quite a few years now, with hundreds of participants worldwide. Blogging happens each day in April except Sundays, and on each letter of the alphabet, starting at A and finishing with Z.]