peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers from 1756.
peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers from 1756.
where did peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers come from?
1756
the earliest version of this tongue twister was published in "peter piper's practical principles of plain and perfect pronunciation" by john harris (1756–1846) in london in 1813, which includes a one name tongue-twister for each letter of the alphabet in the same style. however, the rhyme was apparently known at least a generation earlier. some authors have identified the subject of the rhyme as pierre poivre, an eighteenthcentury french horticulturalist and government administrator of mauritius, who once investigated the seychelles' potential for spice cultivation.









































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bullet::::- the tongue-twister rhyme "betty botter" by carolyn wells is an example of alliterative composition: "betty botter bought a bit of butter, but she said, this butter's bitter; if i put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter, but a bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better..."









































bullet::::- another commonly recited tongue-twister rhyme illustrating alliteration is "peter piper": "peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. if peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers peter piper picked?".









































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