PETA Want UK Pub to change its name!

Kalyke

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/26/409756452/british-pub-ye-olde-fighting-cocks-is-asked-to-change-its-name
Ye Odle Fighting Cocks....
From PETA:

"We wrote to the pub owners asking them to consider changing the establishment's name to Ye Olde Clever Cocks — in recognition of society's growing compassion for animals and in celebration of intelligent, sensitive chickens."

What a load of arsss! Although it must have changed its name at least once in its history. (Ye young pacifist egg??)

darkpagandeath

Well firstly there is no such word as Ye no one ever said that it they said The. It was a Y like an F to abbreviate The.

catallus

Interestingly, the word "ye" is actually pronounced very much like the modern English "the".

The symbol "y" back in old-English times was used as a shortcut for "th", I think, give or take.

For a long time I pronounced it as "ye" but I only recently found out I was wrong.

EDIT: looks like darkpagandeath knew too

WesternZulu

Next they'll be asking the Fighting Cocks gaelic football team in Carlow to change their name to The Clever Cocks!!

http://www.fightingcocks.ie/

stimpson

Obviously Ye Olde Stiff Cocks is a better choice.

darkpagandeath

Anyway can you eat or kill a word or I'll treat it ? Are PETA going to take the bunny or Hare thing off their logo ?

csallmighty

Stop listening to stupid people

Lucy8080

"Odle" enough I never expected " yissers" to pick the word "ye" as the talking point of the o.p.

Victor

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Well firstly there is no such word as Ye no one ever said that it they said The. It was a Y like an F to abbreviate The.

Cork people will have ye non-Cork people know that there is such a word.

darkpagandeath

Victor wrote: »

Cork people will have ye non-Cork people know that there is such a word.

Yeah I know that have been to cork plenty of times. Same in Bray as well. I was more talking about in England it was an abbreviation and then used modernly incorrectly. I think it's originally supposed to be a Thorn from old English that over time looked like a yf combined. And then just was written as a Y.

Potatoeman

PETA have some pretty messed up ideas. Most people that support them have no idea what they actually believe in. They would rather euthanasia animals than risk the possibility of their mistreatment.

Cold War Kid

'Tis only a letter or email.

Kalyke

WesternZulu wrote: »

Next they'll be asking the Fighting Cocks gaelic football team in Carlow to change their name to The Clever Cocks!!

http://www.fightingcocks.ie/

Isn't there a pub with the same name there?

mikeym

Go home PETA no one loves you!

catallus

mikeym wrote: »

Go home PETA no one loves you!

PETA are representatives of a more idealised humanity.

They will look back in shame in the future when they see how these paragons of virtue were pilloried by our smug ignorance and nescience.

darkpagandeath

Potatoeman wrote: »

PETA have some pretty messed up ideas. Most people that support them have no idea what they actually believe in. They would rather euthanasia animals than risk the possibility of their mistreatment.

And generally have zero knowledge on the Animals they protest to be protecting. Al lobsters a while ago.

Pumpkinseeds

PETA has the highest kill rate of any animal shelter in America. That tells you everything you need to know about their ideas on Ethical Treatment of Animals.

They took in 2454 cats and 3369 dogs in Virginia last year, out of all those animals only 23 cats and 16 dogs were adopted.

How much money did PETA take in last year from unsuspecting donors who helped pay for this mass carnage? $51,933,001: $50,449,023 in contributions, $627,336 in merchandise sales, and $856,642 in interest and dividends. They finished the year with $4,551,786 more in the bank than they started, after expenses. They did not see fit to use some of that to comprehensively promote animals for adoption or to provide veterinary care for the animals who needed it.

By contrast, the Lynchburg Humane Society, also in Virginia, took in about the same number of animals as PETA but saved 94% and without PETA’s millions. Seagoville Animal Services in Texas took in 1/3 of the numbers (about 700 animals) but only 1/20th of 1% of the amount of money that PETA did, saving 99% of them on a paltry $29,700 budget. In fact, hundreds of cities and towns across America are saving over 90% of the animals and doing so on a fraction of PETA’s wealth.

silverfeather

The grumpy dicks.

P.S COCKING FIGHTING IS WRONG

tritium

PETA are morons whose antics leave them with fcuk all credibility. Kind of unfortunate since any valid point they may want to make gets overridden by a soundtrack of "these people are morons..." every time I hear or see the term PETA

The Backwards Man

PETA should change their name to something that doesn't make me despise the bastards.

mikom

The pub should change its name to "Free the peados".

GerB40

catallus wrote: »

Interestingly, the word "ye" is actually pronounced very much like the modern English "the".

The symbol "y" back in old-English times was used as a shortcut for "th", I think, give or take.

For a long time I pronounced it as "ye" but I only recently found out I was wrong.

EDIT: looks like darkpagandeath knew too

Ye both watch QI too? Great oul programme..

silverfeather

catallus wrote: »

PETA are representatives of a more idealised humanity.

They will look back in shame in the future when they see how these paragons of virtue were pilloried by our smug ignorance and nescience.

It's true the spirit of peta is good and positive. But it is waste of time to protest of things like this. It does get people's backs up. But yet you are correct in essence.

catallus

GerB40 wrote: »

Ye both watch QI too? Great oul programme..

Tis a mighty show but I think I may have read that tid-bit in some book or maybe online.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was on QI. They do have good stuff on it amongst all the japes.