Londoners Are the Best at Naming Skyscrapers

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Жыл бұрын

Skyscrapers are the monumental buildings of the modern age, so you would think they probably deserve equally monumental, powerful names to boot. Well, Londoners tend to think a little differently...
Let's explore how the people of London name their skyscrapers, and why I love them for it.

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@TotoDG
@TotoDG Жыл бұрын
In Adelaide, we actually have our own "Cheese Grater" building, but instead of being a giant wedge, it actually looks like it has giant grating holes on it.
@edificity
@edificity Жыл бұрын
Oh wow, I just had a look. That's a cheese grater if I ever saw one
@DarrylTalks
@DarrylTalks Жыл бұрын
There is a large black glass building in Wellington, New Zealand. It was the head quarters of the Bank of New Zealand. I remember people calling Darth Vaders Pencil Box. 1 Willis St, Wellington, NZ. I still call it BNZ tower, but it has been renamed perhaps two or three times.
@ombelinedebridiers5660
@ombelinedebridiers5660 10 ай бұрын
Londoners are so right ! Recently, I couldn't get over my suprise when I found out a boy and his family would call our frankfurter "Camembert" an other name. I had to ask !!!! : "How do you name it then" "the Radison Hotel". "Ah ok, sure, it makes sense :)"
@Thoomas2001
@Thoomas2001 Жыл бұрын
My Birmingham friend and I have a rather unique nickname for the Selfridges building in Birmingham. Due to its bizarre shape and the fact that a footbridge comes out one side of the building to connect to a parking garage, I compared it to a sea pig with a tube up its rear end. This nickname stuck in the weirdest way however, with the "sea" in "sea pig" being left out, and the tube part being dropped as well. So now the Selfridges Building is known to two people as the "Pig Anus". Visiting Birmingham was great, but saying that nickname out loud in public must have confused passersby.
@simonbone
@simonbone Жыл бұрын
Nashville has both "R2D2" and "The Bat Cave" (despite being a tower), as well as the confusingly named Fifth Third Center. As for London, I guess "The Electric Razor" has too many syllables.
@cilldublin07
@cilldublin07 Жыл бұрын
Dublin and the naming of statues for a future video idea. The tart with the cart for a start
@edificity
@edificity Жыл бұрын
Oh no, is that what you call poor Molly Malone? I'm going to have to look into this...
@Thefox0922
@Thefox0922 2 ай бұрын
This is a great video
@caramelldansen2204
@caramelldansen2204 Жыл бұрын
Underrated channel. Your videos shine with quality! Subscribed!
@alihiridjee-asaria6164
@alihiridjee-asaria6164 Жыл бұрын
great video!
@despoinachatzaga2555
@despoinachatzaga2555 Жыл бұрын
The nicknames reflect British wit and humour :)
@fid.firdhaus
@fid.firdhaus Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the exchange in kuala lumpur where some people said it looks like male genital area, thus..... and also the fact that the podium in the rendition looks like balls from above.
@TransportGeekery
@TransportGeekery Жыл бұрын
“St Mary Axe” is pronounced “Simmery Axe” (or at least should be to reflect the ancient ward name after which it is derived)
@georgemayhew8742
@georgemayhew8742 Жыл бұрын
I always use to call the Gherkin, the "Rocket Building" when I was little. Also for One Blackfriars, I've heard some nickname it the "Kim Kardashian building" due to its shape lol
@MagnusNielsenBewick
@MagnusNielsenBewick 2 ай бұрын
Number 1, Blackfriars = 'the happy pregnancy'.
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