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While we are considering long held traditions being given new meanings with outside contexts, has there been any movement the opposite case. freeing the good people of Gotham of the moniker "moon rakers". Or did that dire film do that for them by changing the meaning of the term?
There are also of course other films attacking them on pronunciation.
“The Faithful Hound” has a great ring to it actually.
Similar outrage in Newcastle from gammons because the The Blackie Boy’s new owners decided on a name change. The usual rubbish of how it’s PC gone made, Snowflakes and it’s always been called The Blackie Boy. Of course they totally missed it was original the Black Boy, Coffee John’s and one other name before The Blackie Boy. Even though the original name was still on the windows and will remain, the owners were keeping details of the name on the inside and the fact it’s now Swarley’s bar named after the original owners. Also it was known locally as Swarley’s at the time because a local speakers group would meet there. Oh and the yard it sits beside is still the Black Boy yard.
Fortunately they got bored and moved on to something else.
Looks like Greene King are wanting to go with Willow Tree as its new name
I find it funny how cross this makes people. Greene King are proactive and considered, they need to just crack on. It is their pub after all.
They should rename it to The Dirty Slag, in memory of the local silver mine.
find it funny how cross this makes people
It's easy to see why a name might cause offence to people particularly those who don't know the story. It's also easy to label folk as gammons etc.
My feeling is let Greene King call the pub what they like and if you don't like it there are other pubs. Meantime Lithgae folk can go on referring to themselves as "black bitches" if they wish they should also be aware that the term could be offensive to someone so a bit of an explanation before hand might be appropriate.
The Drowned Dog
They could even adapt the story that the weight of one pie dragged the dog to its demise.
I didn't know about the willow tree.
Been educational!
There’s a Black Boy pub near Reading that was renamed last year.
It’s near the ‘Black Boy Roundabout’ which seems pretty notorious for accidents- maybe drivers are distracted by the name ‘Black Boy Roundabout- the what?!’- crash!!!
https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/19355184.black-boy-roundabout-59-crashes-reported-police/