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If a place name starts with "The" and is used in the middle of a sentence, should "the" be capitalized in that spot? It's very common in bar names. I've tried consulting style guides and can't find it.

Examples:
He should have left them at T/the Prancing Pony, as they were clearly a bunch of food-obsessed tossers.
I'm going to T/the Cuff Friday night, while my girlfriend is having drinks at T/the Wild Rose.
Is T/the Wilde Rover actually queer-friendly, or do they just like putting a picture of Oscar Wilde on their sign?

Date: 2012-02-10 06:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] caladri.livejournal.com
Clearly the solution is to add a gratuitous the before the proper name of any venue, e.g. the The Cuff. Which is not the same as The The cuff, which is when you shirt sleeves have a built-in mp3 player loaded with only music by Matt Johnson.

Date: 2012-02-10 10:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gement.livejournal.com
You win at comments.

Also, you have correctly ascertained which of these bars prompted my actual style question.

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