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Big Ben name change?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:06 pm
by cal44
Thought I would get it from the source (U.K guys) Are they really changing the term Big Ben clock tower to the Elizabeth Tower?


Really....................? Is this a good thing? All my life it's been........Ben.

Mike

Re: Big Ben name change?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:25 pm
by nebogipfel
No idea ........as usual :D

Ben is the bell by the way not the tower :wink:

Re: Big Ben name change?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:27 pm
by types26/36
Well I had not heard about this monumental waste of money but maybe they should change it to "Baby Ben" to keep up with the times :roll:.......DING-DONG!

Re: Big Ben name change?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:39 pm
by ken ob
Yes they are changing the name of the tower to the Elizabeth or Queen Elizabeth Tower. I dont recall what is is called now.
But it is the bell that is Big Ben and that is not changing.

Ken.

Re: Big Ben name change?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:56 pm
by cal44
Thanks guys for straightening that out for me.

Mike

Re: Big Ben name change?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:03 pm
by RichC
St Stephen's Tower used to be the official name of it

Re: Big Ben name change?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:35 pm
by rcraven
RichC wrote:St Stephen's Tower used to be the official name of it


I think it is or was called the Clock Tower and St Stephen's is different tower.

Re: Big Ben name change?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:01 pm
by elanern
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa8ImA_wSKI

Yep, probably belongs in the "what ya listenin' to now?" thread but references to St Stephen in this thread got me searching for this Grateful Dead song.

Re: Big Ben name change?

PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:04 pm
by elansprint71
That's nothing: our Town Council has proposed naming the car park at the back of Sainsbury's the Queen Elizabeth Car Park. Makes me proud to be a Republican (in the UK but a Democrat- sympathiser in the US).

Re: Big Ben name change?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:22 pm
by AHM
Tis the clock tower of the palace of Westminster. Big ben is the name of a bell notable for having a crack in it. The Numeral 4 on the clock face is IIII rather than the Roman numeral IV.

Everyone will carry on calling it Big Ben. Long live the Queen!

Re: Big Ben name change?

PostPosted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:50 pm
by cal44
Oh Pete. U.S Democrat/Liberal sympathizer ? Really?...........you get a time out little mister!

Mike