I was thinking about adding some tongue twisters in to my voice training routine, since they’ll have different sets of sounds than what I normally use in conversation. Here’s one for each day of the next week.

Monday

To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, In a pestilential prison, with a lifelong lock, Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock, From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block

Tuesday

Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks

Wednesday

Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread

Thursday

A blanched black bug bleeds black blood but what color blood does a bland blue bug bleed?

Friday

The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes

Saturday

If you must cross a coarse cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully

Sunday

Luke’s duck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luke’s duck licks lakes. Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes

If you want something normal sounding to say instead, try the Harvard Sentences. Or read a book to someone!


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    Maybe the urgently moving people have urgent needs, like needing to go to the bathroom or be other places. Maybe the slower people are more tired.

    I wonder what percentage these guesses of mine alone covers for the people you run into.


    Insomnia is a side effect of many Covid infections. So is depression and anxiety. I think these are all things that can change people’s speed of doing things.

    Evidence suggests that the risk of depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbances significantly increases in COVID-19 patients, with prevalence rates of 45%, 47%, and 34%, respectively.[6] Another study showed that the rates of depression anxiety and insomnia in COVID-19 survivors were 11.5%, 28%, and 64.8%.[7] Notably, the prevalence of insomnia among COVID-19-infected patients was as high as 26.45%, even after they recovered and left the hospital.