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Pub names are used to identify and differentiate each pub. Many pubs are centuries old, and many of their early customers were unable to read, but could recognise pictorial signs.〔(Culture UK – Pub and Inn Signs )〕 Some modern pub names are intended as a marketing ploy or an attempt to create "brand awareness", frequently using a comic theme thought to be memorable: ''Slug and Lettuce'' for a pub chain is an example. Interesting origins are not confined to old or traditional names, however. Names and their origins can be broken up into a number of categories: ==Methodology== Although the word ''The'' appears on much pub signage, it is not considered to be an important part of the name, and is therefore ignored in the following examples. Likewise, the word ''Ye'' should also be ignored as it is only an archaic spelling of ''The''. The Y represents a now obsolete symbol (the Thorn, still used in Icelandic) which represented the ''th'' sound and looked rather like a blackletter ''y''. Historically the article was never pronounced with a y sound, even when so written. Similarly, other archaic spellings such as "olde worlde" are not distinguished below. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pub names」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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