{"id":24493,"date":"2014-02-17T11:42:51","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T16:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/politically-incorrect-black-boy-pub-could-be-renamed-as-llywelyn-ap-gruffydd\/"},"modified":"2014-02-17T11:42:51","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T16:42:51","slug":"politically-incorrect-black-boy-pub-could-be-renamed-as-llywelyn-ap-gruffydd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/transhuman-news-blog\/politically-incorrect\/politically-incorrect-black-boy-pub-could-be-renamed-as-llywelyn-ap-gruffydd\/","title":{"rendered":"'Politically incorrect' Black Boy pub could be renamed as Llywelyn ap Gruffydd"},"content":{"rendered":"

But locals said they had no issue with the pubs 17th century name and the new one would be impossible to pronounce after a few drinks <\/p>\n

Drinkers at a pub called the Black Boy are outraged by plans to give it a more politically-correct name. <\/p>\n

JD Wetherspoon, which bought the boozer in Newtown, mid-Wales, wants to call it the Llywelyn ap Gruffydd after the countrys last sovereign prince. <\/p>\n

But locals said they had no issue with the pubs 17th century name and the new one would be impossible to pronounce after a few drinks. <\/p>\n

One said: \"I've been drinking my ale at the Black Boy for years and I've never had a problem with the name. <\/p>\n

\"I don't see what all the fuss is about - the Black Boy is part of this town's history. It really is political correctness gone mad.\" <\/p>\n

Wetherspoon said it would re-consider. <\/p>\n

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But locals said they had no issue with the pubs 17th century name and the new one would be impossible to pronounce after a few drinks Drinkers at a pub called the Black Boy are outraged by plans to give it a more politically-correct name. JD Wetherspoon, which bought the boozer in Newtown, mid-Wales, wants to call it the Llywelyn ap Gruffydd after the countrys last sovereign prince. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politically-incorrect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24493"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}