If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Villiam Veedon vip’s his Vig and Vaistcoat;
Did Villiam Veedon vipe his Vig and Vaistcoat?
If Villiam Veedon vip’d his Vig and Vaistcoat,
Vhere are the Vig and Vaistcoat Villiam Veedon vip’d?
The publisher’s excuse of presenting Peter Piper to the public is worthy of the book itself:—
He Prays parents to Purchase this Playful Performance, Partly to Pay him for his Patience and Pains; Partly to Provide for the Printers and Publishers; but Principally to Prevent the Pernicious Prevalence of Perverse Pronunciation.
PAGE FROM “PETER PIPER’S PRACTICAL PRINCIPLES OF PLAIN
AND PERFECT PRONUNCIATION”