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.

It’s a question that has plagued English speakers for many decades: “How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” To help with this, Greenwell, a College of Health and Human ...

According to speech communication scientists from MIT, "pad kid poured curd pulled cod" is the most difficult phrase to spit out. Give it a try. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes ...

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 ...

When I was young, we kids would play with the following tongue-twister: “How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” Now, decades later, we’re led by a president who in a ...

Monday is International Tongue Twister Day and if you're looking for a mouthful, you could celebrate by talking about a sheikh who isn't feeling well. He's sixth in line and has some livestock, it ...

Some conversations are forgotten as soon as they are over, while other exchanges may leave lasting imprints. Researchers want to understand why and how listeners remember some spoken utterances more ...

Are you considering launching a brave new business venture that aims to disrupt the market’s incumbents? Train your brain for what’s to come with these simple tongue twisters for tech startups. She ...