Big Ben is becoming Big Liz

[OrangePixyStix]

To honor her 60 years on the throne, lawmakers in the UK decided to permanently change the landmark clock tower to The Elizabeth Tower. No more Big Ben!


Here's us in front of it.

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I get why they are doing that, but man...I hate when famous landmarks have their named changed.

[MissusTexas]

No one is going to call it Big Liz... I mean, didn't they rename the Sears tower a while back? Who doesn't call it the Sears tower?

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I think it's Willis Tower or something now....it will always be Sears Tower to me.

[OrangePixyStix]

Yeah, they tried that crap down here, too, with a not-as-famous monument by our Galleria. It was always called the Transco Tower and they changed it to the Williams Tower, but everyone still calls it the Transco.

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Agreed, changing the name of something that is already a landmark is silly in my opinion. If you want to honor her, build her a new monument.

[lizardesque]

Jun 27, 2012 16:09:24 GMT -5 MissusTexas said:

No one is going to call it Big Liz... I mean, didn't they rename the Sears tower a while back? Who doesn't call it the Sears tower?

Yeah, that was because it was sold. It will always be the Sears Tower to me...although Big Willie is amusing.

I'm not fond of the words Big and Liz next to each other.

[lizardesque]

Oh, but Big Ben actually refers to the bell inside the tower, not the tower itself. So maybe they're not actually renaming anything per se?

[mayflowers22]

The Elizabeth Tower? Agh.