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Episode October 24, 2017 27 min 33s

Pub Names

From Word of Mouth • BBC Radio 4

From The Red Lion to the Bucket of Blood, how did your local get its name? Michael Rosen asks Word of Mouth's resident linguist Dr Laura Wright about her research into pub names. And guest Eddie Gershon explains how the JD Wetherspoon pub chain goes about naming new pubs.

Produced by Mair Bosworth.

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