Betty Botter Bought Some Butter

Visual Interpretations

Introductory Context Common characteristics of Betty

Cause and Effect Betty's butter fingers

A Filthy Kitchen Would you eat anything Betty baked?

Bitter or Better Taste to make sure!

Ms. or Mr. Botter? Questioning Betty’s femininity

Consumerism Zero tolerance for inferior ingredients

Effectiveness Better batter makes Betty better

Other Variations Humorous and cheerful consumers

Textual/Historical Information

In less than a decade during the 1890s, butter making was transformed from a cottage industry of dubious quality to a highly productive, standardized and mechanized industry.
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/virtualexhibition/butter/

It is useful to explore the Hyperdictionary for definitions of enunciation.
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/enunciation

VOICE is a website devoted to aspects of communication including enunciation.
http://www.hal-pc.org/~fitzden/enunciation.html

Versions and Variants

Textual Versions and Variants - A complete listing of the versions and variants of this rhyme

Visual Versions and Variants - A comparative listing of all associated within Eclipse

Rhyme Specific Bibliography

Moses Supposes His Toes are Roses: And 7 Other Silly Old Rhymes. Retold and Illustrated by Nancy Patz. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983.