The Portrait of a Lady

by Khushwant Singh

Vocabulary

1. Veritable

2. bedlam

3. chirruping(s)

4. lewd

5. harlots

6. stoop

7. puckered

8. revolting

9. frivolous

Let’s start with a small intro…

Tell us some tongue twisters…

Some examples are:-

1. 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?

2. Betty Botter bought some butter

   But she said the butter’s bitter

   If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter

   But a bit of better butter will make my batter better

   So ‘twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter

3. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

   He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood

   As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood

4. She sells seashells by the seashore. She is sure that the seashells she sells will be there no more.

Each person would definitely have different interpretations or version of the same 4 tongue twisters. Similarly, every person has a different viewpoint, expresses a different perspective.