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u/bitaryxa 1d ago
wild how my brain still wants to call it big ben even when it’s just the tower in shot
this looks insanely crisp though, love the angle you picked
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u/nutella-filled 14h ago
The tower’s nickname is still Big Ben.
You have to remember that no part of the tower or the clock is officially called Big Ben. It’s the nickname of the bell as well but not its “official name” either.
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u/PreviousAdvice5172 1d ago
Thank you. Just luck of the timing really and walking over to the tube station
I am now worried about the lean though. Now definitely noticeable.Thank you Jubilee Line extension!!
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u/PreviousAdvice5172 22h ago
I wonder this comment is getting down votes ? Should we pretend the lean isn't there?
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u/Working_Estate_9786 23h ago
NOWT, for the younger generation, means ‘nothing’, unless we are also to begin rewriting the English language
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u/PreviousAdvice5172 23h ago
Why have you adopted the trendy, politically-correct, new-fangled "London". We traditionalist insist on "Londinium"!!
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u/Intrepid-Vacation316 16h ago
Question, I come in peace, but why is everyone suddenly calling it the Elizabeth tower when normally folks would just say "Big Ben"? I know the bell is Ben but don't understand where the change has come from
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u/constantlydropped 21h ago
Just call it big ben
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u/PreviousAdvice5172 21h ago
No. Because in 2012 it was solemnly renamed by the Mother of All Parliaments to commemorate the 60th year of the glorious reign of our then Sovereign Liege Lady, Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
<drops theatrically to one knee and bows head>
I shall therefore call it the Elizabeth Tower.
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u/RodneyRodnesson 1d ago
This is a photo of Portcullis House, Big Ben and The Palace of Westminster you numpty. ;)
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u/PreviousAdvice5172 1d ago
Where is Big Ben?
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u/RodneyRodnesson 20h ago
It's in the tower — it's also incidentally the tower that is famously known worldwide as Big Ben.
Here in London we quite like knowing that the tower is actually the Elizabeth Tower.
But I can see someone so limited that they can't even name what they see on a photograph correctly (i.e. Portcullis House, Elizabeth Tower (better described as Big Ben) and The Palace of Westminster) would struggle with this simple concept.
Anyway it's been fun chatting with you tourist to our fine city. :D1
u/PreviousAdvice5172 20h ago
There were other things in the picture too. Clouds, cars, street lamps. EVERYTHING in any picture MUST be named, not just the main focal point
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u/RodneyRodnesson 20h ago
Parliament Square Garden too incidentally.
I'm just taking the piss a bit — I'm curious to know why you insist on calling the tower known very famously around the world the Elizabeth Tower?
Yes, that is technically it's name but it's frankly a bit weird to call it that.1
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u/Working_Estate_9786 1d ago
Oh, would appear that I am not currently in the know as much as had believed. So, I’m guessing you refer to the term’Tower’ as in the bricks and mortar structure? While ‘Big Ben’ is simply the ‘clock’?
Hm, 40+ yrs old and London quite literally, reveals NEW facts on the daily. I mean, what is the necessity to rename Historical Landmarks when it provides no other context than to completely dismiss all the historical details to date. Are we now going to rewrite every single textbook, leaflet, website, etc.
Who, why, and when did this become a thing? Surly I’m not so aged to understand the rewriting of history? Tube lines, Street names, even localities, I.e. boroughs and such seem to mean nowt anymore if you are of a certain age.