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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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"Pete"

0Hi, there!02br
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00 I know tongue twisters - most of the time - don't have sense, just similar sounds. But I really would like to know what could be the translation for the following:02br
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01b00"Pete's pa 00pete00 00paked 00to the pea patch to pick a peck of peas for the poor pink pig in the pine hole pig-pen." ( 02b00I couldn't find the meaning for the underlined words so, I didn't understand this sentence at all).02br
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00 The only things I could understand a bit were (01b00except the underlined words):02b02br
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00"The father of Pete 01b00pete paked02b00 a portion of peas in order to select/take a lot of peas for the poor pink pig that is into a pine hole at a pig-pen." 02br
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00By the way the correct pronunciation for "01b00Pete02b00 "is like in the name "01b00Peter02b00" without the letter "01b00r02b00"00 ?02br
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00Thanks for helping me!02br
00Anon.0-
  

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0 As you say don't look for much sense in these things. Nevertheless, I take the parts in question to mean that "the father of Pete" is also named Pete and "paked" is probably a shortening and misspelling of "backpacked". 0-

— RayH

  • 0 As you say don't look for much sense in these things.
  • Nevertheless, I take the parts in question to mean that "the father of Pete" is also named Pete and "paked" is probably a shortening and misspelling of "backpacked".
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0 As you say don't look for much sense in these things. Nevertheless, I take the parts in question to mean that "the father of Pete" is also named Pete and "paked" is probably a shortening and misspelling of "backpacked". So we have Pete's father (also Pete) backpacking to the pea patch to obtain the pink pig's peas.02br
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00Pete rhymes with seat.0-
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0 Hi RayH,02br
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00Thanks very much for your reply.02br
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00Best wishes,02br
00Anon 0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10 11b10 in the 11i10pine hole12i10 pig-pen12b10 12blockquote
10 This is probably the popular name for the area where the pig-pen is located, like 01b01i01u00in the 00Los Angeles00 jail.02u02i02b
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0 The underlined part is incorrect. It's no wonder you can't find the meaning anywhere.02br
01i00Pete's pa 01b00P02b00ete p01b00o02b00ked to the pea patch ...02i02br
00The father of Pete, also named Pete, moved very slowly to the pea patch ...02br
00To poke: to move very slowly.01i00 Th
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