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Tag alias: big_ben -> elizabeth_tower

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S1eth said:

Big Ben is just wrong.

www.parliament.uk said:

The name Big Ben is often used to describe the tower, the clock and the bell but the name was first given to the Great Bell.

The Elizabeth Tower was completed in 1859 and the Great Clock started on 31 May, with the Great Bell's strikes heard for the first time on 11 July and the quarter bells first chimed on 7 September.

The UK Parliament's official website does acknowledge Big Ben as commonly being used to referr to the whole thing, so it isn't "wrong." Anyways, no issue with aliasing the common name to the official name.

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