Theophilus Thistle
Theophilus Thistle is the title of a famous tongue-twister, of which there are multiple versions.
One version reads as:
While another version reads:
This tongue twister has been included in many tongue twister books and lessons, particularly in helping children and others with speech impediments to correctly pronounce the forward th and s sounds.
In the book Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit by P. G. Wodehouse, the character Bertram Wooster asked Jeeves to repeat a version of the tongue-twister in order to prove that he was not intoxicated:
A version of this tongue twister was used in a song called Theophilus Thistler by Australian dance music group Sonic Animation. Their variation of the tongue twister is as follows:
