Questions you'd like answering, regardless of how trivial they may seem

[Yellow Fang]

When you are writing proper names starting with 'the', does 'the' start with a capital 'T'. Does the varsity boat race take place on The River Thames or the River Thames? Is my mate's local the Granby Tavern or The Grandby Tavern? Is it the Royal Navy or The Royal Navy, and would it be the British navy?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

When you are writing proper names starting with 'the', does 'the' start with a capital 'T'. Does the varsity boat race take place on The River Thames or the River Thames? Is my mate's local the Granby Tavern or The Grandby Tavern? Is it the Royal Navy or The Royal Navy, and would it be the British navy?

I think it's 'the', unless 'the' is actually part of the name.

Everything is capitalised these days and I doubt it actually matters much anyway.

 

[Accy cyclist]

When you are writing proper names starting with 'the', does 'the' start with a capital 'T'. Does the varsity boat race take place on The River Thames or the River Thames? Is my mate's local the Granby Tavern or The Grandby Tavern? Is it the Royal Navy or The Royal Navy, and would it be the British navy?

I think it's 'the', unless 'the' is actually part of the name.

Everything is capitalised these days and I doubt it actually matters much anyway.

I'd say write 'the' with a capital T if on looking up the title of something, 'the' starts with a capital in the title, For example are the Royal Marines The, or just the Royal Marines? 🤔 As I post I'm just going to look it up.🧐 I've just looked it up and a sentence about them said the Royal Marines, so 'the' isn't in their official title it seems.

 

[Accy cyclist]

One, or should I say two that slightly annoy me are Eagles and Rolling Stones when referring to those two bands. I'd say their song titles are usually credited with just Eagles, Rolling Stones 75% of the time, compared to The Eagles, The Rolling Stones. Most times they don't even use the, never mind The before Eagles and Rolling Stones which annoys me so much that when I post their tunes on https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-chain-aka-tune-association.155895/ I either put a (The) in front of their names or even a The without the brackets, if I'm feeling quite rebellious!🧐

 

[DaveReading]

I think it's 'the', unless 'the' is actually part of the name.

Everything is capitalised these days and I doubt it actually matters much anyway.

I think it's a sign of The Times ...

 

[simongt]

The name 'Wendy' didn't exist until J.M.Barrie wrote his best seller 'Peter Pan' in 1904.
Apparently, because William Henley usually referred to Barrie as 'my friend', Henley's young daughter would greet Barrie with 'Fwendy, fwendy -!' whenever he visited and Barrie took the notion from this.
The rest, is history - !

 

[Seevio]

The name 'Wendy' didn't exist until J.M.Barrie wrote his best seller 'Peter Pan' in 1904.
Apparently, because William Henley usually referred to Barrie as 'my friend', Henley's young daughter would greet Barrie with 'Fwendy, fwendy -!' whenever he visited and Barrie took the notion from this.
The rest, is history - !

Yes it did, possibly even as a feminine name. J M Barrie did, however, cause a big surge in popularity.
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And shouldn't this be in Really True Odd Factoids?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Yes it did, possibly even as a feminine name. J M Barrie did, however, cause a big surge in popularity.
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And shouldn't this be in Really True Odd Factoids?

Another boring person bringing facts to a perfectly pleasant and interesting discussion!!!

 

[grldtnr]

One, or should I say two that slightly annoy me are Eagles and Rolling Stones when referring to those two bands. I'd say their song titles are usually credited with just Eagles, Rolling Stones 75% of the time, compared to The Eagles, The Rolling Stones. Most times they don't even use the, never mind The before Eagles and Rolling Stones which annoys me so much that when I post their tunes on https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-chain-aka-tune-association.155895/ I either put a (The) in front of their names or even a The without the brackets, if I'm feeling quite rebellious!🧐

But it is/ was 'The Beatles' rather than 'the Beatles'

 

[Gwylan]

I believe they are calling all Accrington Stanley fans in to make sure they're OK, given their teams performance this year.

What? Both of them?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Yes - but is it ASDA or The ASDA

(or is that just a local thing!)
(for those not from round here - it is a bit like asking what lube to use)

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I think it's a sign of The Times ...

Not The Guardian then?

 

[Time Waster]

Curious how anyone flying over the North Sea could miss it is anybody's guess, but I'm sure there must have been a reason.

We stayed at a hostel that had an original copy of the GI guide on England. I still remember reading the comment 'remember you are not seeing England at its best'. It was after a comment about how dirty the place was compared to America. It also told them about the etiquette of cricket. Things like do not shout and holller when you get someone out. The Brits look down on such things.. The correct thing is to say 'well done ' and ....

Made me laugh anyway.

 

[Webbo2]

Yes - but is it ASDA or The ASDA

(or is that just a local thing!)
(for those not from round here - it is a bit like asking what lube to use)

No it’s Associated Diaries just shortened.

 

[Electric_Andy]

Yes - but is it ASDA or The ASDA

(or is that just a local thing!)
(for those not from round here - it is a bit like asking what lube to use)

It's Asders round here