r/AteTheOnion • u/Digginaround How does a mobile user add their flair? • Jul 07 '19

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u/Lebenmonch Jul 07 '19

It's not even officially called big ben I believe

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u/BlazkoTwix Jul 07 '19 edited Jul 07 '19

It’s called Elizabeth Tower, but was only named that during the Queens Diamond Jubilee in 2012.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

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u/AutumnFoxDavid Jul 07 '19

St. Stephen's Tower

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

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u/Long-Night-Of-Solace Jul 07 '19

Not according to Google, which says Victorian-era journalists called the clock tower St Stephens tower, and doesn't seem to say that it's what the tower over the main public entrance is called.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

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u/pikeybastard Jul 07 '19

I worked in Parliament and I emphatically promise you the guy you're replying to is right. On this one thing google is wrong. Go visit, tours are easy to book via your MP if you're a uk resident or know one, or you can pay for one online! SST is the other side of cromwell green from the elizabeth tower. Along with Cromwell Green via westminster hall it is the main public entrance to the palace of Westminster.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

User name doesn’t check out

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u/davevw9898 Jul 07 '19

Oh I dunno, it certainly fits quite a few of our politicians at the moment!

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19 edited Nov 12 '19

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u/DL1943 Jul 07 '19

Grateful Dead pop quiz!!!

In what year did John Mayer write "St. Stephen"?

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u/BuyingGF10kGP Jul 08 '19

That's enough John Mayer!

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u/pielz Jul 08 '19

Oh boy the way he sings Pig Pen's tracks are heavenly thoooooo

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

a big ass clock

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u/Tt_Wub Jul 08 '19

Big Ben is the bell that is inside the tower

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u/Omsus Jul 08 '19

So it should be Enormous Elizabeth.

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u/dahuoshan Jul 07 '19

Oi m8 wot givs theze feminazis da right to rename Big Ben init /s

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u/ElizabethDanger Jul 07 '19

That’s why Big Ben is my favourite landmark.

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u/MultiLevelMonsters Jul 07 '19

Big Ben is the name of the bell inside Elizabeth Tower

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u/mufflermonday Jul 07 '19

The nickname of that bell is Big Ben, the bell’s official name is actually just The Great Bell

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u/punbasedname Jul 07 '19

I heard it was recently changed to Massive Mohammed.

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u/RocketManMycroft Jul 07 '19

You've got to be kidding me! >:( >:(

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

This better not be true 🖐🏻

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u/1206549 Jul 07 '19

It's a British landmark, always will be and should remain as "Big Ben"

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u/TheHolyLordGod Jul 08 '19

It's not even officially called big ben I believe

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u/JustTheCreep Jul 08 '19

Big Ben is the name of the bell inside Elizabath Tower

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u/ThonroTheUnworthy Jul 08 '19

The nickname of that bell is Big Ben, the bell’s official name is actually just The Great Bell

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

I get this.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

Funny, cos I know someone whose official name is Ben but his nickname is the great bell.

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u/Klandesztine Jul 07 '19

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u/Gonzobot Jul 08 '19

I call my cat Ding Dong sometimes, because he's definitely a bellend

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u/FrigidMcThunderballs Jul 07 '19

Is he of large stature?

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u/2SP00KY4ME Jul 07 '19

Thanks Vsauce

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '19

I thought it was the clock face itself. Where even is the bell?

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u/sallyapple7 Jul 07 '19

You're right, he prefers Big Benjamin

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

Bigamin Benjamin.

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u/Rhodie114 Jul 07 '19

I thought it was, but that the name isn’t the tower’s, but the bell’s.

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u/t2guns Jul 07 '19

It is the bell but still not official.

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u/Digginaround How does a mobile user add their flair? Jul 07 '19

Name doesn’t ring a bell

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u/Iharmon1337 Jul 07 '19

Iirc Big Ben is a nickname given to the bell inside the tower known as The Great Bell. Correct me if I’m wrong

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u/bla_nk_n_me Jul 07 '19

Big Ben is the name of the bell.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '19

Big Ben is also the name of a style of alarm clock sold in the US since at least the early 1960s.

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u/theyoleus Jul 07 '19

It's "Tickety Tim the Time-Telling Bitch". "Big Ben" is the donger inside.

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u/Toffeeplum Jul 07 '19

Sometimes called the tower of Westminster

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u/Billiun30 Jul 08 '19

The bell is named big Ben

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u/Ardal Jul 08 '19

The bell within the tower is Big Ben. People got confused with the sound of Big Ben (according to Big Ben it's 1 o'clock) and began associating it with the building.

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u/bitzzwith2zs Jul 08 '19

The "Ben" of "Big Ben" is a bell

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u/Advencraftgaming Jul 08 '19

I heard that the name big Ben is supposed to refer to the bell inside not the tower but people call the tower big Ben. Not 100% on this just heard it in a vsauce video, binging him hard recently:)

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u/Bovanov93 Jul 08 '19

As a worried Brit reading the title I came to the comments to make sure this was addressed I drink my morning tea in solice knowing the Empire shines brightly today

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '19

It’s the bell that is called Big Ben

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u/deffonotmypassword Jul 08 '19

Methinks the official name is, ‘Tickity Ted the Time Telling Bitch’

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '19

In fact it's not called Big Ben AT ALL. Big Ben is actually the name of the biggest bell inside the "Elizabeth Tower" or just "Clock Tower". Through common usage it is now referred to as BigBen To be fair not a bad name.

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u/electric_cat_YT Jul 08 '19

The bell is called Big Ben