English tongue twister

Six Thick Thistle Sticks

Six thick thistle sticks.

Notice the sounds

Contrast /s/ with /θ/ while keeping the /ks/ ending of six. Thistle starts with /θ/ and has a silent written t; sticks starts with /st/.

Words in this expression

Source

Delight and Power in Speech, Leonard G. Nattkemper and George Wharton James (1919), articulation exercises

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Pronunciation notes and explanations are editorial.