English tongue twister

Six Slippery Snails

Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward.

Notice the sounds

Move directly from /s/ into /l/ in slippery, slid and slowly, and into /n/ in snails. Avoid inserting an extra vowel into those clusters.

Words in this expression

Source

Games for All Occasions, Mary E. Blain (1909), Tongue Twisters

Public domain in the United States; the pinned source includes the Project Gutenberg license.

Pronunciation notes and explanations are editorial.