"ağızda yuvarlanan söz, saçma sapan söz, eşsesli kelimelerle kurulu konuşma" anlamlarına gelen kafiyeli sözlerdir. türkçede olduğu gibi ingilizcede de bazı tekerlemeler (tongue twister) vardır.
how much wood would a woodchuck chuk if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
A Tudor who tooted a flute
tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
Said the two to their tutor,
"Is it harder to toot
or to tutor two tooters to toot?"
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe,
Catch a tiger by the toe.
If he hollers let him go,
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
My mother told me to pick the best one,
And you are not it!
Not because you're dirty,
Not because you're clean,
Just because you kissed a boy/girl behind the magazine