Strange Pub Names

Pub Names

@Ronrybs (19577)

London, England

November 9, 2022 2:35pm CST

While ambling around the city, this morning, I spotted these two pubs with strange names. The first was called The Wild Monkey and seemed to be part of a hotel and the second is the Theodore Bullfrog. About ten years back, I thought a pub called The Slug and Lettuce was a strange name, but there seems to be a competition for who can come up with the weirdest. I prefer names like The Cat and Fiddle or Shoulder of Mutton! I didn’t stop in either as I wanted to get home and have a cup of tea, after feeding some cats, of course!

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@dgobucks226 (35797)

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9 Nov 22

The UK has over 47,000 pubs so a few unusual names are bound to happen. You found a few good ones there. Here are a few more I found: Bunch of Carrots, Hereford The Cat & Custard Pot, Kent Poosie Nansie’s, Ayrshire The Case Is Altered, Middlesex The Moon Under Water, London The Drunken Duck, Cumbria The Bull and Spectacles, Staffordshire The Gate Hangs Well, Leicester My Father’s Moustache, Lincolnshire The Strawbury Duck, Bolton Muscular Arms, Glasgow The Jolly Taxpayer, Portsmouth The Leg of Mutton and Cauliflower, London I have gone to a place called The Sitting Duck; a pretty mild name compared to these other pub names.

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@JudyEv (342448)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Nov 22

I wonder how they come up with such names.

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@Ronrybs (19577)

• London, England

11 Nov 22

@JudyEv It has to be some marketing ploy, they are attention grabbers

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@Ronrybs (19577)

• London, England

11 Nov 22

I have been to a few with strange or inventive names, but didn't have any photos. I am sure there are more to found just in London

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@LadyDuck (472213)

• Switzerland

10 Nov 22

I still prefer The Slug and Lettuce to Shoulder of Mutton. I wonder ow people come out with such weird names.

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@LadyDuck (472213)

• Switzerland

11 Nov 22

@Ronrybs I am sure that you are right. I remember when I was young that many Italian "trattorie" (a sort of very simple restaurant) posted the photo of some available meals, to let people know that it was a place where you can have food.

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@Ronrybs (19577)

• London, England

11 Nov 22

I think the name told you that food was available and going back in time, most people could not read, so a picture gave the clue

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@Ronrybs (19577)

• London, England

11 Nov 22

@LadyDuck That's good for me as I can't read Italian!

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@jstory07 (140291)

• Roseburg, Oregon

15 Nov 22

Those are weird names for sure. Maybe you can go back on another day.

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@jstory07 (140291)

• Roseburg, Oregon

17 Nov 22

@Ronrybs You know they do.

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@Ronrybs (19577)

• London, England

15 Nov 22

I have a theory that places with weird names change more for a drink!

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@DaddyEvil (137860)

• United States

9 Nov 22

I thought maybe you were still IN one of those pubs and myLotting from your phone.

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@Ronrybs (19577)

• London, England

11 Nov 22

After half an hour in a pub, a phone is too small to use!

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@DaddyEvil (137860)

• United States

11 Nov 22

I'm sure you're right.

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@JudyEv (342448)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 Nov 22

I loved all the pub names in England and Ireland. We don't seem to have as many here although we do have The Moon and Sixpence in the city.

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@Fleura (30540)

• United Kingdom

1 Dec 22

@Ronrybs I've got that book!

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@JudyEv (342448)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Nov 22

@Ronrybs I've no idea. I'd forgotten it was a book title. I was thinking it was Irish.

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@Ronrybs (19577)

• London, England

11 Nov 22

According to my book, that name comes from a book title by Somerset Maugham. Wonder why they choose it?

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@FayeHazel (40243)

• United States

11 Nov 22

Ha ha, those sound like fun places. How's your cat?

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@Ronrybs (19577)

• London, England

11 Nov 22

She is very well, along with the guys in the garden

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@Ronrybs (19577)

• London, England

13 Nov 22

@FayeHazel The regulars are Tommy and Missy, then there is Flurry who pops by sometimes and Mr Grey, who is becoming a frequent visitor

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@FayeHazel (40243)

• United States

11 Nov 22

@Ronrybs Oooo are there more now?

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@RebeccasFarm (90573)

• Arvada, Colorado

12 Nov 22

Are these fairly new pubs with the stranger names? A lot of effort to come up with those names. I read the Eagle and Child is for sale now in Oxford..took my son there many years ago just in to have a look where Tolkien used write.

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23101209.oxfords-eagle-child-officially-goes-rent/?ref=ebln

www.oxfordmail.co.uk

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23101209.oxfords-eagle-child-officially-goes-rent/?ref=ebln

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@Ronrybs (19577)

• London, England

13 Nov 22

Heard of this pub, but never been there

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@Tampa_girl7 (50702)

• United States

13 Dec 22

Those are some wild names.

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@Ronrybs (19577)

• London, England

14 Dec 22

I suspect I haven't found the weirdest one out there!

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (41812)

• United States

9 Nov 22

Those were interesting finds on your adventure!

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@Ronrybs (19577)

• London, England

11 Nov 22

As is usually the case, I was looking for something else. I do like stumbling onto these things!

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@Fleura (30540)

• United Kingdom

1 Dec 22

I saw a pub recently called The Library which of course makes popping out for a drink sound quite legit. I don't like it when pubs get their names changed all the time. One round here has been through a whole sequence of name changes including The Pub which was just silly because of course if you say 'I'm going to the pub' people immediately ask 'which one?' I think it has finally reverted to its original name.

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@Fleura (30540)

• United Kingdom

1 Dec 22

I liked it when pub names meant something; some historical reference to the usual clientele for example, like the Miners Arms, or to some family crest such as the Bear and Ragged Staff or whatever, not just some silly name made up to attract attention.

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@Ronrybs (19577)

• London, England

4 Dec 22

There are some pub names I like, especially the traditional ones. Most of these modern, marketing dream, names are rubbish!

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

9 Nov 22

Those strange names will draw customers in I am sure.

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@Ronrybs (19577)

• London, England

11 Nov 22

Yes, I am thinking it is a marketing ploy and the names do stick in the mind

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

11 Nov 22

@Ronrybs They certainly do stay with you and helps you to remember them.

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@Gnana_Helps (713)

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11 Nov 22

Though they seem weird, I should appreciate their creativity.

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@Ronrybs (19577)

• London, England

13 Nov 22

I am sure it is eye catching as a marketing ploy and you won't easily forget it!

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@SipLAH11 (120)

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10 Nov 22

Yes the name looks weird, but I hope you enjoy your adventure

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@Ronrybs (19577)

• London, England

11 Nov 22

They do stick in the mind, which is they were chosen, I think.

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