Category talk:Inns

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I think the names should be standardised. Some don't use "The" in the title, but do use "The" in the article itself. Grond 20:52, 29 December 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Depends on the name in the books. If The is capitalized, then the article should be at "The Blabbing Blabla"; if it isn't, it should be Blabbing Blabla. -- Ederchil (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 20:54, 29 December 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I know that this is an old conversation, but there are other reasons why “the” would be capitalized. For instance, if it is at the beginning of a sentence.

Edit: The only inns that actually have “the” in their names are The Prancing Pony and The Floating Log. Dour1234, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

This is incorrect as far as the use of the name in The Lord of the Rings is concerned (I am not talking about the names of pages on the wiki). The Green Dragon also has "The" in its name (e.g. in the chapter The Shadow of the Past in LOTR "The Green Dragon" is used and it is not at the beginning of an sentence and the whole name is in italics). Because green, dragon, ivy and bush are words for things one always uses the definitive article if one is referring to the inns with the name "Green Dragon" or "Ivy Bush". As a consequence "news reached the Ivy Bush and Green Dragon" is used in the chapter Three is Company. This is how it works with many names of many inns that are named after an animal in many languages. Since I am used to that usage in The Lord of the Rings and that usage in languages that I know, I would search for The Prancing Pony on the wiki in the search field and not for Prancing Pony. --Akhorahil 13:15, 12 April 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]