Talk:Lamb Chop (puppet)

Blurb for DYK
Did You Know:


 * ...that Lamb Chop, was a fictional sheep who was created as a sock puppet by comedienne and ventriloquist Shari Lewis, first appeared on the children's morning television show Captain Kangaroo in 1957, and today continues to perform with Lewis' daughter Mallory Tarcher?

Lamb Chop is "an" ewe?
Lamb Chop is "an ewe" (emphasis mine)? I know the rule that the indefinite article "an" is generally used preceding a noun that begins with a vowel, but I believe that that is generally. I believe if the noun is pronounced beginning with a consonant sound, "a" is proper. This is true for the reverse if the noun begins with a consonant but is pronounced with a beginning vowel sound, such as, "That was an honest answer," instead of "That was a honest answer."

My 1998 edition of "The Bedford Handbook", a writing composition handbook, states for usage of "a, an": "Use an before a vowel sound, a before a consonant sound: an apple, a peach".

Note that it states a vowel/consonant sound. I believe this article should be corrected to state "a ewe". I didn't change it because I felt this might cause a round of updates back and forth and thought bringing it up on the talk page would be best.


 * It's apparent that the author was thinking of the link "a sheep " and not of the resulting phrase "a ewe", since "ewe" is cast with the article "a" the phrase should be rendered as "an ewe".  Just because an author, and subsequent editors, having "writ once and moved on," has not returned to their work does not mean an error ought to be left to impinge upon the reader's eye -- have mercy, if not for the reader, then for your grammar school English teacher.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.165.253.170 (talk) 08:38, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Correct me if I'm wrong, but the letter "e" is a vowel and the sound of the word "ewe" is a "vowel sound" (what we used to call a long u sound). Why would it ever be questioned that the article should be "an" and not "a"? I do get that the pronunciation of the word "ewe" could be represented phonetically as "you", but that wouldn't trump the rule of grammar. This is probably where the OP was going with their suggestion. THX1136 (talk) 16:15, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Suggested merge
I think this should be merged into Lamb Chop's Play-Along because it isn't a large page. Before this is merged, though, a contents list should be added there. Anyone agree?
 * I disagree. Lamb Chop the character spans nearly 50 years of various children's TV and entertainment, while Lamb Chop's Play Along is one single show spanning only 5 years.  The character has so much more history than that one show, it'd be like merging Bugs Bunny into Space Jam. Rob T Firefly 03:22, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Sharilewis&lambchop.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:03, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Additional Appearances
Shari Lewis, Lamb Chop and Hush Puppy were semi-regulars on The Irish Rovers on CBC in the 1970's. As well, Shari Lewis hosted at least one concert at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada in about 1983-84. I'll see if the CBC archives have exact dates for this.Jh404 (talk) 02:23, 30 July 2012 (UTC)jh404

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