Friday, 13 August 2010 01:38 pm
Another thing I've always "known" is wrong
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deckardcanineQuick! What's the most famous clock in London?
If you said "Big Ben," you're wrong. Turns out the clock itself has no name, and Big Ben isn't even the tower it's in. That would be St. Stephen's Tower.
No, Big Ben is the bell that chimes in connection with the clock. Which means I've never seen a photo of Big Ben.
Thank you, Express, for enlightening me to this distinction in your blurb about the clock's makeover.
If you said "Big Ben," you're wrong. Turns out the clock itself has no name, and Big Ben isn't even the tower it's in. That would be St. Stephen's Tower.
No, Big Ben is the bell that chimes in connection with the clock. Which means I've never seen a photo of Big Ben.
Thank you, Express, for enlightening me to this distinction in your blurb about the clock's makeover.