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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBig Ben to be renamed, "Elizabeth Tower,"
for the queen's diamond jubilee.
http://news.yahoo.com/big-ben-renamed-elizabeth-tower-report-232721084.html
MinneapolisMatt
(1,550 posts)It will always be Big Ben!
Kind of like the Sears Tower is now something else. It's always going to be known as the Sears Tower!
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)No one will use "Elizabeth Tower" ever. Never ever. It's been Big Ben for 170 years...
Greybnk48
(10,183 posts)11 Bravo
(23,928 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Much ado about nothing...it will always be Big Ben, and I'm sure the Queen agrees.
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)It has to have a formal name already that nobody uses
annabanana
(52,791 posts)obamanut2012
(26,201 posts)hfojvt
(37,573 posts)Rothlisberger was getting married or having a sex change.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)Big Ben is the name of the bell...
I say this as someone whose doorbell chimes out that well-known tune.
obamanut2012
(26,201 posts)And, Big Ben is the bell, not the tower.
Good for ER!
Old Union Guy
(738 posts)I love it.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)hootinholler
(26,449 posts)To keep the alliteration alive.
obamanut2012
(26,201 posts)It has always just been the bell. The tower is just called the Clock Tower. Or rather, was, until now!
Victoria has her name all over everything, so glad to see EII have a chance. She also always gets extra kudos from me for being a WWII vet.
If you are ever able to go on a tour of Parliament, do it!
PCIntern
(25,662 posts)In memory of Ronnie the Blessed.
I do recall that when the airport was renamed Reagan, many. RWers stated that it hadn't been named after anyone in the first place.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)You know they they would if they could.
lynne
(3,118 posts)FreeJoe
(1,039 posts)...we would sell the naming rights. It would be the Timex Clock Tower or some such nonsense.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)Well, it could be.........
muriel_volestrangler
(101,424 posts)St Stephens Tower: regularly used in newspapers, guide books and by that bloke down the pub who likes correcting people. Pros: sounds more official than Big Ben. Cons: its completely incorrect. St Stephens is another (smaller) tower over the main public entrance.
The Clock Tower: a term used within the Palace and its communications. Pros: its the official name. Cons: its too ambiguous a term to gain popular currency there are many clock towers in London let alone the world, and calling it the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster is too much of a mouthful.
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The east tower: a description of Big Ben seen all over the press today, presumably pasted in from the same media release. Pros: avoids the whole name problem by using a geographic term. Cons: its rather confusing considering Big Ben is at the northern end of the complex, not the east, and there are a few smaller towers more easterly than Big Ben.
http://londonist.com/2012/06/big-ben-the-tower-with-five-names.php
Bucky
(54,106 posts)The one that was struck by lightning in that eerie night in 1955.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Bucky
(54,106 posts)And Prince Consort What's-his-face I'll call "Quasimodo" cause he rings her bell.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)Okay.......
athenasatanjesus
(859 posts)They must root for the Ravens.
TheManInTheMac
(985 posts)I just don't see this name change sticking.