Talk:Lamb Chop (puppet)

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[edit] 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?

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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)