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Why should actors do diction exercises?
Because your speech content may be great, you may look fantastic but unless your audience can UNDERSTAND what you're saying, your message is lost.
Language and diction exercises will help you learn how to speak clearly. An athlete does warm-ups and stretches before an event: a singer does likewise.
These drills are the actors and speaker's warm-up equivalent like a professional boxer before boxing bout. They prepare and train you to speak with ease.
More important, for For Bollywood and Hollywood actors, delivering long and difficult dialogs with strong emotions without a break (due to a single shot) become a necessity in scenes of religious, spiritual or historical films, TV episodes or in theater plays
What's A Tongue Twister?
The tongue twister is a phrase or sentence which is hard to speak fast, usually because of alliteration or a sequence of nearly similar sounds. It helps develop speech skills and helps in speech therapy. To get the full effect of a tongue twister you should try to repeat it several times, as quickly as possible, without stumbling or mispronouncing.
The benefits of diction/articulation exercises or drills are:
- Strengthening and stretching the muscles involved in speech
- Bringing to your attention habitual speech patterns which may be less than perfect.
- Good diction is NOT about changing your accent or making you 'talk posh'.
- It is about clarity - making sure what you say is heard.
- Tongue twisters have long been an integral part of an actor's toolkit. As well as being fun, they are extremely effective.
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English Tongue Twisters
Because of a long and ancient history of theater and English plays, it seems we have more and effective choice available in English than in any other languages. The objective is a good dialog delivery rather than a particular language
1.
A good cook could cook as many cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.
2.
I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw.
3.
Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said "this butter's bitter! But a bit
of better butter will but make my butter better" So she bought some better
butter, better than the bitter butter, and it made her butter better so it was
better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter!
4.
If you understand, say "understand".
if you don't understand, say "don't understand".
but if you understand and say "don't understand".
how do I understand that you understand? understand!
5
I thought I thought of thinking of thanking you.
6.
Red bulb blue bulb red bulb blue bulb
7.
I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.
8.
Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.
9.
Double bubble gum, bubbles double gum.
10.
If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
11.
I thought a thought.
but the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought.
if the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.
12
'One-One' was a racehorse.
'Two-Two' was one, too.
When 'One-One' won one race, 'Two-Two' won one, too.
13.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
14.
If one doctor doctors another doctor does the doctor who doctors the doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors?
15.
Six Silly Sisters Selling Shiny Shoes
16.
A good cook could cook as many cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.
17.
I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw.
18.
Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said "this butter's bitter! But a bit
of better butter will but make my butter better" So she bought some better
butter, better than the bitter butter, and it made her butter better so it was
better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter!
19.
Frivolously fanciful Fannie fried fresh fish furiously
20.
She saw Sharif's shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure those were Sharif's shoes she saw?
21
Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup.
22.
Mix a box of mixed biscuits with a boxed biscuit mixer.
23.
Sheesha sews slightly slashed sheets shut.
24.
She should shun the shining sun.
25.
The big black back brake broke badly.
26.
The big beautiful blue balloon burst.
27.
Smelly shoes and socks shock sisters.
28.
Stick strictly six sticks stumps.
29.
Cinnamon aluminum linoleum.
30.
Cooks cook cupcakes quickly.
31.
A bragging baker baked black bread.
32.
She sold six shabby sheared sheep on the ship.
Hindi Tongue Twisters (In English followed by the Hindi language):
1.
Samajh samajh ke samajh ko samjho
samajh samajhna bhi ek samajh he
samajh samajh ke jo na samjhe
meri samajh me woh na samajh he
समझ समझ के समझ को समझो
समझ समझना भी एक समझ है
समझ समझ कॆ जो ना समझे
मेरी समझ मे वो ना समझ है
2.
Chandu ki chacha ne
chandu ki chachi ko
chandni chonk me
chandi ke chamach se
chatni chatai.
चंदु के चाचा ने
चंदु की चाची को
चाँदनी चौक मे
चाँदी के चमचे से
चटनी चटाई
3.
Khadak Singh ke khadakane se khadakati hain khidkiyan, khidkiyon ke khadakane se khadakata hai Khadak Singh.
खड्गसिंह के खडकने से खडकती है खिडकीयाँ
खिडकीयो के खडकऩे से खडकता है खड्गसिंह
4.
Ek ooncha oont hai, Poochh oonchi oont ki
Poochh se bhi oonchi kya, Peeth oonchi oont ki.
एक ऊँचा ऊँट है
पुँछ ऊँची ऊँट की
पुँछ से भी ऊँची कया
पीठ ऊँची ऊँट की
5.
Madan, mohan, malveya madras mein machhli maarte maarte mare.
मदन मोहन मालवीय मदा्स मे मछली मारते मारते मरे
6.
Chaar Kachari Kachche Chacha,
Chaar Kachari Pakke.
Pakki Kachari Kachche Chacha,
Kachchi Kachari Pakke.
7.
Lala Gope Gopal Gopaggam Daas.
लाला गोप गपुँग़म दास
8.
Dubey dubai mein doob gaya.
दुबे दुबई मे डूब गए
9.
Nandu ke Nana Ne Nandu ki Nani ko Nand Nagari me Nagin dikhaie.
नंदु के नाना ने नंदु की नानी को नंद नगर मे नागिन दिखाई
10.
Pital ke patile mein papita pila pila.
पीतल के पतीले मे पपीता पीला पीला
