Talk:Bab Ballads

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I think we should provide a Bab Ballad in a side box. But which one? Gentle Alice Brown? The Yarn of the Nancy Bell? Annie Clitheroe? Adam Cuerden talk 23:09, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Aren't they too long for a side box? I don't like long side-boxes.  Plus, that's Wikisource's job.  Maybe just a couple of funny quotes instead?  -- Ssilvers 23:12, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Hard to tell. It would have to be one of the shorter ones, though. Adam Cuerden talk 01:15, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

I would be in favor of quoting a few witty lines from each of two or three different Ballads, instead of a lengthy quote from one. -- Ssilvers 01:28, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Any suggestions for a good extract? Adam Cuerden talk 01:29, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm not a Bab Ballads guy. Frankly, I'd rather that you finish the synopsis for Charity before taking on a new project. -- Ssilvers 01:32, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Aye. Just that I can easily copy oer text when ill, but synthesis as per Charity is more difficult, so... Adam Cuerden talk 01:58, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to hear you're not feeling well. If you do one act per day, you'll be done by week's end. BTW, congrats on Boisseau's retirement. Will we see you at Bob and Jackie's? -- Ssilvers 02:54, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Bab as Yorkshire dialect
Whilst one would usually take this nickname to mean Baby, there is also the possibility that it is the Yorkshire dialect word for a turd. If so, it seems Gilbert took it in good humour and was undeterred in signing with his Bab. 210.50.72.105 12:46, 14 August 2007 (UTC) Ian Ison

Name of Article; italics issues
Please do not rename this article without a discussion. Gilbert's final collection of the Ballads in 1898 does not use the quotation marks. Ellis and the other major authorities call these Bab Ballads without the quotes. -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:40, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Adding inverted commas is perfectly idiotic. One could argue whether italics or normal text would be better for the series title (I see the article is internally inconsistent in this regard) but let us have no more of spurious quotation marks.  Tim riley  talk    17:57, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I think I understand now: 'Bab ballads' (without quotes) are the the poems in general, and The "Bab" Ballads (with quotes) is the original 1969 collection of Bab ballads. Sorry for making a bad edit. Beleg Tâl (talk) 19:25, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's right. I agree that it is confusing that the early editions were not consistent in the punctuation, but the quotation marks were abandoned by 1898.  In any event, this discussion was helpful, as it led me to make a correction in the text.  Tim riley, if you see any inconsistencies in the italics, etc., please feel free to fix them, or point them out, and I'll be happy to fix them. Should Bab Ballads always be italicized, or only when we are talking about a published collection of them? -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:50, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I think that they should only be italicized as the title of a work. For example, "Gentle Alice Brown" is a Bab ballad (or should it be Bab Ballad?) and is published in The "Bab" Ballads (1969) and The Bab Ballads (1970). Beleg Tâl (talk) 15:24, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

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Broken links
The links to individual ballads at Boise State University lead to Not Found pages. At least, the several I tried do. Cognita (talk) 04:16, 25 July 2018 (UTC)


 * All the G&S stuff has been moved from Boisestate to www.gsarchive.net. I updated the links. -- Ssilvers (talk) 08:30, 25 July 2018 (UTC)