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  • 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 I thought. (x1)
    aɪ θɔt ə θɔt. bʌt ðə θɔt aɪ θɔt ˈwɑzənt ðə θɔt aɪ θɔt aɪ θɔt. ɪf ðə θɔt aɪ θɔt aɪ θɔt, hæd bɪn ðə θɔt aɪ θɔt, aɪ ˈwʊdənt hæv θɔt aɪ θɔt
  • I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream (x3)
    aɪ skrim, ju skrim, wi ɔl skrim fɔr aɪs krim
  • The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday. (x2)
    ðə ˈθɜrdi-θri θivz θɔt ðæt ðeɪ θrɪld ðə θroʊn θruˈaʊt ˈθɜrzˌdeɪ.
  • We surely shall see the sunshine soon. (x2)
    wi ˈʃʊrli ʃæl si ðə ˈsʌnˌʃaɪn sun
  • Fresh fried fish. (x4)
    frɛʃ fraɪd fɪʃ
  • “Surely Sylvia swims!” shrieked Sammy surprised. “Someone should show Sylvia some strokes so she shall not sink.” (x2)
    “ˈʃʊrli ˈsɪlviə swɪmz!” ʃrikt ˈsæmi sərˈpraɪzd. “ˈsʌmˌwʌn ʃʊd ʃoʊ ˈsɪlviə sʌm stroʊks soʊ ʃi ʃæl nɑt sɪŋk.”
  • I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet, I sit. (x2)
    aɪ slɪt ðə ʃit, ðə ʃit aɪ slɪt, ænd ɑn ðə ˈslɪtɪd ʃit, aɪ sɪt.
  • If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose? (x3)
    ɪf ə dɔg ʧuz ʃuz, huz ʃuz dʌz hi ʧuz?
  • How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood. (x1)
    haʊ mʌʧ wʊd wʊd ə ˈwʊdˌʧʌk ʧʌk ɪf ə ˈwʊdˌʧʌk kʊd ʧʌk wʊd? hi wʊd ʧʌk, hi wʊd, æz mʌʧ æz hi kʊd, ænd ʧʌk æz mʌʧ wʊd æz ə ˈwʊdˌʧʌk wʊd ɪf ə ˈwʊdˌʧʌk kʊd ʧʌk wʊd
  • Which witch switched the Swiss wristwatches? (x3)
    wɪʧ wɪʧ swɪʧt ðə swɪs ˈrɪˌstwɑʧɪz?
  • Friendly fleas and fireflies. (x4)
    ˈfrɛndli fliz ænd ˈfaɪərˌflaɪz
  • Can you can a can as a canner can can a can? (x3)
    kæn ju kæn ə kæn æz ə ˈkænər kæn kæn ə kæn?
  • Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread. Spread it thick, say it quick! Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread. Spread it thicker, say it quicker! (x1)
    ˈjɛloʊ ˈbʌtər, ˈpɜrpəl ˈʤɛli, rɛd ʤæm, blæk brɛd. sprɛd ɪt θɪk, seɪ ɪt kwɪk! ˈjɛloʊ ˈbʌtər, ˈpɜrpəl ˈʤɛli, rɛd ʤæm, blæk brɛd. sprɛd ɪt ˈθɪkər, seɪ ɪt ˈkwɪkər!
  • A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk. (x2)
    ə skʌŋk sæt ɑn ə stʌmp ænd θʌnk ðə stʌmp stʌŋk, bʌt ðə stʌmp θʌnk ðə skʌŋk stʌŋk.
  • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers; A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked; If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked (1)
    ˈpitər ˈpaɪpər pɪkt ə pɛk ʌv ˈpɪkəld ˈpɛpərz; ə pɛk ʌv ˈpɪkəld ˈpɛpərz ˈpitər ˈpaɪpər pɪkt; ɪf ˈpitər ˈpaɪpər pɪkt ə pɛk ʌv ˈpɪkəld ˈpɛpərz, wɛrz ðə pɛk ʌv ˈpɪk
  • Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup.
    gɪv ˈpɑpə ə kʌp ʌv ˈprɑpər ˈkɑfi ɪn ə ˈkɑpər ˈkɑfi kʌp
  • Specific Pacific. (x4)
    spəˈsɪfɪk pəˈsɪfɪk
  • Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread (x3)
    frɛd fɛd tɛd brɛd, ænd tɛd fɛd frɛd brɛd
  • Willie’s really weary (x4)
    wɪliz ˈrɪli ˈwɪri
  • Thirty-three thousand feathers on a thrushes throat. (x3)
    ˈθɜrdi-θri ˈθaʊzənd ˈfɛðərz ɑn ə ˈθrʌʃəz θroʊt
  • Rubber baby buggy bumpers. (x4)
    ˈrʌbər ˈbeɪbi ˈbʌgi ˈbʌmpərz.
  • A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule. (x3)
    ə ˈlɔɪəl ˈwɔriər wɪl ˈrɛrli ˈwɜri waɪ wi rul
  • Rolling red wagons (x3)
    ˈroʊlɪŋ rɛd ˈwægənz
  • Four furious friends fought for the phone. (x3)
    fɔr ˈfjʊriəs frɛndz fɔt fɔr ðə foʊn
  • One-one was a racehorse. Two-two was one too. One-one won one race. Two-two won one too. (x2)
    wʌn-wʌn wʌz ə ˈreɪsˌhɔrs. tu-tu wʌz wʌn tu. wʌn-wʌn wʌn wʌn reɪs. tu-tu wʌn wʌn tu
  • Betty bought some butter, but the butter Betty bought was bitter, so Betty bought some better butter, and the better butter Betty bought was better than the bitter butter Betty bought before! (x1)
    ˈbɛti bɑt sʌm ˈbʌtər, bʌt ðə ˈbʌtər ˈbɛti bɑt wʌz ˈbɪtər, soʊ ˈbɛti bɑt sʌm ˈbɛtər ˈbʌtər, ænd ðə ˈbɛtər ˈbʌtər ˈbɛti bɑt wʌz ˈbɛtər ðæn ðə ˈbɪtər ˈbʌtər ˈbɛti
  • Rory’s lawn rake rarely rakes really right. (x2)
    ˈrɔriz lɔn reɪk ˈrɛrli reɪks ˈrɪli raɪt
  • Green glass globes glow greenly (x3)
    grin glæs gloʊbz gloʊ ˈgrinli
  • Three free throws. (x4)
    θri fri θroʊz.
  • Round and round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.
    raʊnd ænd raʊnd ðə ˈrʌgəd rɑks ðə ˈrægəd ˈræskəl ræn
  • Selfish shellfish (x4)
    sɛlfɪʃ ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ
  • Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he? (x2)
    ˈfʌzi ˈwʊzi wʌz ə bɛr. ˈfʌzi ˈwʊzi hæd noʊ hɛr. ˈfʌzi ˈwʊzi ˈwɑzənt ˈfʌzi, wʌz hi?
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