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George Wilder

United Kingdom
91 Posts
Posted - 10/02/2024 :  12:49:04  Show Profile
Two petitions: to remove and to save a pub's name in Abingdon

Read all about here

https://www.v8register.net/sub6/news240209-midget-pub.htm

Westbury

United Kingdom
2008 Posts
Posted - 10/02/2024 :  17:23:47  Show Profile
Signed!!
Thanks, George.
Chris
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Bruce Sutherland

United Kingdom
1564 Posts
Posted - 10/02/2024 :  17:55:05  Show Profile
Signed.

But if its name does have to change, why not "The Triple-M" or "The Midget, Magna, Magnette"?
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LewPalmer

USA
3242 Posts
Posted - 10/02/2024 :  18:50:14  Show Profile
Or "The Magic Midget" as I thought was originally?

Lew Palmer
PA1169, NA0651
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sam christie

United Kingdom
3099 Posts
Posted - 11/02/2024 :  13:28:31  Show Profile
'The Magna' could be very offensive to tall people embarrassed about their height.

"The Vertically Challenged" might be a good alternative but then again this might be offensive to hill walkers and mountaineers.

Sam
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CrashBox

United Kingdom
41 Posts
Posted - 11/02/2024 :  13:30:22  Show Profile
Very sad that an historical landmark named after a car is being targeted in this way. The lady who launched the petition clearly hasn't done any research, claiming the brewery can rename the pub 'Austin Healy' or 'Riley'. As somebody who lives in Worcester, where Worcestershire Sauce is still (for now) produced, it would be like naming a pub 'The Branston Pickle'. I will add that as far as I know there is no pub named 'The Worcestershire Sauce' in or near the city. :-D
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Ktype

United Kingdom
343 Posts
Posted - 11/02/2024 :  16:30:45  Show Profile
We have been here before with M&S renaming Midget Gems

Midget has an historical now pejorative meaning identifying people of limited stature displayed in a circus for a spectacle. It is not the only meaning of the word but it indisputably is one.

No man is an island and every MG has a context!

I am not offering any view on the Abingdon public matter.

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