Time for a blog.
Yes, I realise that its very presence makes the first paragraph redundant.
So, The Queen has held on for another 10 years - well done luv. And what better way to celebrate than with a Lego
model of a 153 year old building.
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| For only £24.99 you too can build a badly named Lego model. |
I know of two things nicknamed "Big Ben", and they are both between 2 and 2.5 metres tall. And neither of them are towers. You see, Big Ben is one of the bells inside Clock Tower. I have no trouble separating the concepts of "building" and "bell inside building", but why do so many people find it so difficult? I don't even object to people saying, "I'm going to London to see Big Ben", because I reckon "see" in an idiom, when you might literally mean "visit".And by "visit" you might mean "experience". And by "experience" you might mean "hear".
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| 'Big' Ben Roesthlisburger: Definitely not a building. |
Maybe I am too stupid to be able to cope with metonyms. Maybe I won't have to, as it looks like Clock Tower is to be
renamed.
