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..." a nursery rhyme by Mother Goose.
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*''' "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"''' (nursery rhyme) an example of alliteration and atongue twister
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  Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;<br>
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  A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;<br>
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  If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,<br>
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  Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?<br>
  
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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;<br>
 
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A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;<br>
 
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If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,<br>
 
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Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?<br>
 
  
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This is an example of alliteration and is commonly known as a 'tongue twister'.
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* pitch: to erect (for example, a tent)
  
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Plot: A small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose: a grave.
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* '''plot:''' a small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose: a grave
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Pitch: Also a piece of land marked out for sport.
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* '''plot:''' conspiracy
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* '''pitch:''' also a piece of land, one marked out for sport
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Pied Piper of Hamelin (Poppolin?).
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* '''Pied Piper of Hamelin''' (Poppolin?)
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* '''peopler:''' one who populates a country;  colonizer, settler
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* '''popolino''' (''Italian''): the lower classes
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* '''poplin:''' Huguenot merchants expelled from France brought the poplin cloth trade to Dublin in teh 17th century
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[[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
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