Twisters of the Tongue
Illustration
by Frederick John

People who speak or sing for a living use tongue twisters to help them warm-up. You've probably heard a couple of these but I bet you haven't heard them all:

Ezio Pinza's (singer at the Metropolitan Opera) favorite was, "Three gray geese in the green grass grazing; gray were the geese, and green was the grazing."

Actor Laurence Olivier often warmed up with this…

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