In Britain we have a load of royal named things, e.g “The King’s Head,” “The Prince Henry,” or animal themed pubs like “The Three Pikes,” The Red Lion (most common oub name) or something gorey like “The Hanged Man,” “The Village Chopping Block.” On that note, we also have pubs named after landmarks, e.g “The Old Oak,” “The Anvil.”
Any more modern establishment like a bar can have posher or more postmodern names. Sometimes jokey names.
I was struck by a realisation thst i don’t know how other countries name their pubs amd bars. Would be helpful to know, for understanding other cultures. I even don’t know for places like the USA, which also speak English. Excited to hear your responses!
In the southern US, a lot of counties voted to prohibit the sale of alcohol. They thought prohibition was a good idea, despite the bad things that caused the nation to end prohibition at the national level. Usually this is because they are full of religious people, and these are called “dry” counties, as opposed to “wet” counties, where the sale of alcohol is legal.
A common name for a bar is “the county line” implying that it gets all the business from the neighboring “dry” county.
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