✦ A Nursery Rhyme ✦
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers! The most famous tongue twister in the English language.
Read aloud by Storyland Classics ✦ 28 seconds ✦ Watch on YouTube
✦ The Rhyme ✦
Traditional English nursery rhyme. Public domain.
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?
✦ About the Rhyme ✦
“Peter Piper” was printed in 1813 in a little book called Peter Piper’s Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation, which had a tongue twister for every letter of the alphabet.
A peck is an old measure, about a big basketful. The rhyme is meant for practicing the “p” sound, and the challenge is to say it faster and faster without tripping.
✦ Talk About It ✦