Talk:Jack Sprat

Relevant Discussion on Talk:Jack Spratt

There is a discussion going on over at Talk:Jack Spratt about whether or not the Jack Spratt article should be moved to Jack Spratt (fictional detective), with Jack Spratt redone as a disambiguation page or a redirect to this article.

In addition to readers of this page perhaps having an opinion on the matter, the discussion itself has generated interesting material (with sources and references) that should be incorporated into this article. Choor monster (talk) 12:49, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

• Added much later: The relevant talk page with relevant Jack Sprat source material is now Talk:Jack Spratt (fictional detective) Choor monster (talk) 13:30, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Fat trimming

I trimmed some "fat" from the popular culture section. We should not be putting in mini-plot summaries, but just enough information to identify the Jack Sprat connection. If a character has several Sprat-like aspects, we mention them too. I've left in the Nurse Sprat bits, although I have been unable to find any source for this popular characterization.

And there's no need to explain puns like "Jack Splat." Choor monster (talk) 12:34, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Agreed. Unsourced trivia, with no clear relevance to the topic is no needed.--SabreBD (talk) 12:49, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

All of the trivia that I removed is sourceable. In fact, some of it was here with links, like Fabletown. It just had no relevance to this article. And while I have no sources for Mrs. Sprat aka Joan Cole being a nurse, there's no harm in mentioning there are two woman characters named Sprat who are obese nurses. Choor monster (talk) 13:26, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

I should mention I deliberately left in the part of the Fables trivia that describes Mrs. Sprat's change from the character of the rhyme to something else. That seems relevant as a modern commentary on the rhyme's Mrs. Sprat. Her further flip-flop alliances (she's back to being evil), name change, and so on, just seems to be Fables plotting. Choor monster (talk) 13:42, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

version

Is there any evidence that the version given is the most common one today? (I learned "betwixt'.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.34.16.206 (talk) 04:46, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

"Charles was a notably short man"

How is that relevant? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.64.189.57 (talk) 17:56, 12 February 2022 (UTC)