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Massive Mohammed (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 91 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

The tower is the Elizabeth Tower, so Large Liz might be appropriate. It's been this way since Lizzie's Diamond Jubilee (it's a Brit thing) in 2012.

Big Ben is the largest bell in LL which was often confused for the tower itself, with much media calling the tower Big Ben when it was actually St. Stephen's Tower, or Sizeable Steve

You can call it whatever you want, but you'll have to explain you mean Big Ben, the giant clock tower unless your friend is up on recent Westminster history.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Calling it Elizabeth Tower instead of Big Ben is like calling it X instead of Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Except that before 2012 it was St. Stephen's Tower. Big Ben was the largest bell in the tower.

If there's some point that the tower was officially named Big Ben I haven't found it. Granted that was the popular nickname of it during the 20th century.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Let's rename it after St Stephen Fry.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

As an atheist, I would happily worship him.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I'm not entirely sure I don't already.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

Elongated Elizabeth

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

Enormous Elizabeth could also work I guess.