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A Tutor Who Tooted
30 wordsA tutor, who tooted a flute, tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor: “Is it harder to toot, or tutor two tooters to toot?”
/t//uː/
Two Toads
7 wordsTwo toads tried to trot to Tedbury.
/t//ɹ/
Windmills and the Millwheel
28 wordsTo the windmills said the millwheel: “As the wind wills do you still wheel?” “Yes, we still wheel when the wind wills!” To the millwheel said the windmills.
/w//l//ɪ//iː/