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I'm just very surprised to see it as two words. Some highly-respected nostalgia sites have it as one word. Obviously I can't argue with you, Smij.

Even the BBC seem to be uncomfortable with it as two words. The BBC "Favourites Bill and Ben" computer game has the words "Flowerpot Fun!" on the cover.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/BBC-Multimedia-Favourites-Bill-Ben/dp/B00006LA8Y/sr=8-6/qid=1163069978/ref=sr_1_6/026-7118471-9535630?ie=UTF8&s=software

Here's a video of the original, though, showing clearly that it is two words.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bill-Ben-Very-Best-Flower/dp/B00004SX4W/sr=8-2/qid=1163070150/ref=sr_1_2/026-7118471-9535630?ie=UTF8&s=video

Thanks Gnomon

Video/album covers aren't infallible, but they're more trustworthy than many other sources. I'm rather hoping that it is two words, as Wiki seems determined that it's one word. IMDB agrees with Smij.

There's a tiny screengrab of the original opening titles at the bottom of this page:

http://www.tvacres.com/plants_flowers_flowerpot.htm

(The irony being that the web address is flowerpot and not flower_pot)

I've fixed Wikipedia.

What - do you mean you've got rid of it?

It'll self-destruct in 5 seconds.

You used weedkiller?

A Legend Rises
We Want Muffin - Muffin the Mule
Dear old Muffin, playing the fool...
Annette Mills, singing the theme tune to Muffin the Mule.
The format for the show was very basic and, like The Teletubbies 50 years later, relied greatly on repetition. Annette Mills would chat with Muffin, who'd horse about (sorry) before dancing along to Mills's songs, which she'd usually sing twice. Occasionally, Muffin would be joined by a special guest puppet who would come with their own theme song, also performed by Mills. The puppets included Louise the Lamb, a dancing Seal called Sally, a penguin called Mr Peregrine Esquire, Big Chief Carrot Top and - er - Wally the Gog, who was a minstrel puppet. The least said about that the better.


When a surname ends in an S, do you not just use an apostraphy after it? I'm sure double ss don't work. Eg.... Mills's should be Mills'.

Muffin having special guests. Would it read better using "...that would come with their own..." instead of "...who would come with their own"?


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Mills' versus Mills's:

Old-style formal grammar would favour Mills'. In recent years, however, it has become normal to put in the extra s, since it is pronounced. So I'd favour leaving it in.

See Bridget Jones's Diary as an example.

that versus who

This is always a contentious one. In Ireland, we nearly always use "who" rather than "that". In England, I think "that" is used, but "who" is acceptable.

I think we had the single vs double s debate a while ago and were told the double was preferred

And as the items being referred to are characters, 'who' seems more appropriate anyway.

What do you mean, Muffin isn't real?

Are you ignoring my hyphen suggestion, Smij, or did you not notice it?

Forgive me, Gnomon, I missed the suggestion. Added now

I'm actually off sick at the moment with a heavy cold (I don't want to melodramatic and call it 'flu'), so I only have brief moments of lucidity before... oh no... here I go again.

Was that just his lucidity falling off?

Terrible, awful, awful entry...

Just kidding; another gem from our resident gemster, Smij. Great stuff.

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