Were the peppers already pickled on the plant somehow? Is there a type of pepper called pickled peppers? What is a peck anyway?
I think you’re on track. My best guess is that he was harvesting “pickling peppers” (i.e. peppers that would later be brined) and somehow the -ing ending turned into -ed. Probably for the sake of cadence in the tongue twister.
There is no capsicum fruit that grows in an already pickled state. Hopefully that’s not a surprise to anyone. This video is a good overview of the varieties out there if you’re curious though: https://youtu.be/BtsiuA7ETd8?si=rAUNaoQmDQvmLN_5
I always wondered why Peter Piper preferred picking a peck of pickled peppers to picking a pack of pastrami or a pallet of popcorn.
You see, pick has multiple meanings; take your pick.
Also, why would anyone she sell seashells by the seashore, of all places? Terrible business model to sell seashells where your customers can easily find their own.
The shells she sells are sea shells for sure.
The value of those shells will fall. Due to the laws of supply and demand, no one wants to buy shells cause there’s loads on the sand.
From what what I remember, this saying is about Mary Anning and how she sold fossils by the beach in England where she lived. So most people probably didn’t know how to pick a rock with a fossil, or open it well enough to preserve said fossil
So people say. I’m a bit sceptical about that origin story because fossils aren’t seashells and, as far as I remember, Mary Anning didn’t sell many of her fossils!
You’re paying for the curated selection. Been to the seashore lately? Most of that shits all chipped and broken.
You’re right, I take it back.
Literally every beach souvenir shop I’ve ever visited has bunches of seashells for sale.
I thought it was peter piper picked a pack of pickled peppers,
As in a pack of pre pickled peppers
Where are you from, out of interest? I’m trying to work out which accents have an e/a merge going on!
Darwin Australia,
I’m not sure if we do though or if I’m bad at listening
Peppers properly pickled, then packaged on purpose, Peter picked those.
Rewritten with synonyms that are more understandable:
Peter Piper selected a 2-gallon quantity of pickled peppers.
…probably at the market. The peppers were already harvested and pickled.
…probably at the market.
Was there a little piggy there too?
Where Peter Piper lives, it rains vinegar.
They aren’t being picked from the plant, the peck of pickled peppers Peter picks are from an entrée of already pickled peppers.
Next thing I know, you’re going to ask me how Moses could suppose his toes are roses. Cuz one might suppose that erroneously that anyone’s toes could be posies of roses as Moses supposes his toes to be.
By picking pickled peppers that Peter Piper’s pepper picking pick picked.
A peck is (was) a unit of measure, oddly. Same with a bushel. I know because my Grandma used to say “a bushel and a peck, and a squeeze around the neck!” to me when I was young. I had to ask her too.
It’s a quick smooch and peter was already pickled himself
“Bushel and a peck, and a squeeze around the neck” is a quote from a song from Guys and Dolls.
Your grandmother may have been a fan of musical theater.
how many cubic football fields is that for the rest of us
Imperial or metric football? I’m not great with converting units of measure… So maybe 2?
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metric football is played on a pitch not a field
Damn. Conversion is hard
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