Peter Piper

= Peter Piper =

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"Peter Piper" is an English-languagenursery rhyme and well-known alliterationtongue-twister. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 1945.

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Common modern versions include:
 * 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?

'''Origins '''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.[1] Some authors have identified the subject of the rhyme as Pierre Poivre, an eighteenth‑century French horticulturalist and government administrator of Mauritius, who once investigated the Seychelles' potential for spice cultivation.[2][3]'''Cultural References '''Numerous allusions have been made to Peter Piper in popular culture.
 * Peter Piper Pizza, a pizza chain in the United States and Mexico
 * Peter Piper, a song by hip hop group Run–D.M.C..
 * Peter Piper was a character in the 1932 film After Tomorrow
 * The gun skill Peter Piper in the video game Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, which has a chance of causing the status ailment "Mute" in its target.
 * Peter Piper is a character in comics "Fables"

'''References  External links '''
 * In the song Goosebumps (Travis Scott song) a reference is made by Kendrick Lamar.
 * The song "I-E-A-I-A-I-O" by System of a Down includes a slightly modified version of the rhyme with non-childsafe implications.
 * 1) H. Carpenter and M. Prichard, The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (Oxford University Press, 1984), p. 408.
 * Text of Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation at Project Gutenberg
 * Peter Piper public domain audiobook at LibriVox