Talk:Little Orphant Annie

Weasel words
"poem written by *beloved* Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley"

The question "Beloved by who?" needs to be answered per WP:AWW —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.53.197.12 (talk) 18:53, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

-- Beloved by Hoosiers is implied. 140.247.248.163 (talk) 20:58, 16 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't see that that can be inferred from the way the word is used in the article. Just because he was from Indiana doesn't suggest that his fans have to be.  Pi zero (talk) 12:48, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

It isn't just that there needs to be a statement as to who regards the poet as beloved, but a survey or other evidence needs to be cited to support the statement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.53.197.12 (talk) 19:35, 15 May 2008 (UTC)


 * It's not really a statement that can be supported. If you don't like it, remove it. 140.247.248.62 (talk) 06:20, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

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I know nothing about this poem/haven't read it, but I have a quick question about the lead.

"Riley changed the name to "Little Orphant Allie" at its third printing, however a typecasting error during printing renamed the poem to its current form." Did the 't' on the end of "orphan" get added as part of the typecasting error, too, or is "orphant" an archaic spelling?--Jp07 (talk) 03:07, 14 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Orphant is correct. I have an edition of Rhymes of Childhood from 1892 that has this same spelling.MichaelJPierce (talk) 03:58, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

it is the past participle, actually, an archaic spelling of "orphaned" rather than "orphan".

just as "iced cream" is now "ice cream", the ending eventually slipped away. or we'd have "Little Orphaned Annie" for the comic/shows. 209.172.25.97 (talk) 07:50, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

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