Difference between revisions of "Peter Peopler Picked a Plot to Pitch his Poppolin"
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− | "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers | + | *''' "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"''' (nursery rhyme) an example of alliteration and atongue twister |
+ | Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;<br> | ||
+ | A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;<br> | ||
+ | If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,<br> | ||
+ | Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?<br> | ||
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− | + | * pitch: to erect (for example, a tent) | |
− | + | * '''plot:''' a small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose: a grave | |
− | + | * '''plot:''' conspiracy | |
− | + | * '''pitch:''' also a piece of land, one marked out for sport | |
− | Pied Piper of Hamelin (Poppolin?) | + | * '''Pied Piper of Hamelin''' (Poppolin?) |
+ | * '''peopler:''' one who populates a country; colonizer, settler | ||
+ | * '''popolino''' (''Italian''): the lower classes | ||
+ | * '''poplin:''' Huguenot merchants expelled from France brought the poplin cloth trade to Dublin in teh 17th century | ||
+ | [[Category: Nursery rhymes]] |
Latest revision as of 11:41, 21 February 2013
- "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" (nursery rhyme) an example of alliteration and atongue twister
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
- pitch: to erect (for example, a tent)
- plot: a small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose: a grave
- plot: conspiracy
- pitch: also a piece of land, one marked out for sport
- Pied Piper of Hamelin (Poppolin?)
- peopler: one who populates a country; colonizer, settler
- popolino (Italian): the lower classes
- poplin: Huguenot merchants expelled from France brought the poplin cloth trade to Dublin in teh 17th century