From the world’s toughest tongue twister (“Pad kid poured curd pulled cod”) to childhood classics (“Sally sells seashells by the seashore”), tongue twisters are aplenty in the English language.

Doha, Qatar: The second Sunday of November each year is marked as International Tongue Twister Day, celebrated in recognition of the first published tongue twister from Peter Piper’s Practical ...

As adults, it’s easy to forget how complicated speech really is, especially when you’re first learning it. Not only do small children have to figure out things like grammar and vocabulary but they’ve ...

If you’ve ever been caught off guard by the hilariously cute things kids say by mistake, you know grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation mistakes can heighten the humor. But if the little ones in your ...

From the earliest coos to reciting Shakespearean sonnets, language comes in all forms — and there is always room to sharpen it. Want to put your verbal finesse to the test? Enter: tongue twisters. A ...

You might think children's tongue twisters are just a fun little game, but they’re actually a clever way to help your child build language skills while keeping things playful and engaging – perfect ...

Glenview's Kimberly Karzen took a roundabout way to writing a children's book on grammar. The author of "Tongue Twisters that Teach" (Rubber Ducky Press, 2022), Karzen taught business classes for 15 ...

New research on the neuroscience of tongue twisters—and stuttering—offers many insights into brain function and connectivity. Both tongue twisters and stuttering open windows into the brain's ...

Can you roll up the edges of your tongue so that the tongue forms a sort of tube? If you can, you are a subject of interest to Researcher Alfred Henry Sturtevant of California Institute of Technology, ...

If you’ve ever been caught off guard by the hilariously cute things kids say by mistake, you know grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation mistakes can heighten the humor. But if the little ones in your ...