“The batter with the butter is the batter that is better” is a tongue twister that was posted on the newsgroup fido7.ru.english on March 11, 1998. The tongue twister is similar to the 19th century classic “Betty Botter,” or “The Butter Betty Bought.”
Wikipedia: Betty Botter
Betty Botter is a tongue-twister written by Carolyn Wells. It was originally titled “The Butter Betty Bought.” By the middle of the 20th century, it had become part of the Mother Goose collection of nursery rhymes.
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Oleg Kiritchko
3/11/98
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The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!
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25 July 2005, Weekly World News, “Tongue twisters were the brainchild of…Seashell Sally,” pg. 52, col. 2:
“The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!”
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Fahim
9/8/08
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The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!
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The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!
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The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!
2:28 PM - 28 Jun 2012
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The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!
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“The batter with the butter is the batter which is better.” The students of Presindency University, Bangalore did it. Can you? If you can, upload your own video with our favorite tongue twister of the week and tag us with #FreshFactor to stand a chance to feature on our page.
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The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!
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