Public hunt for a name for new Forth crossing

[danny la rouge]

The public will be allowed to vote for the name of the new Forth crossing, the Scottish government has decided.

Construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing, as it is currently known, began in 2011 and is due to be completed in 2016.

BBC.

The first to suggest the Fifth Bridge gets sent to the back of the class.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

May the Forth be with you? Bit long I suppose.

 

[danny la rouge]

I like that. A bit nerdy for public approval, I suppose, but it depends on the other suggestions.

 

[rover07]

LOL Fifth Bridge is the obvious choice.

 

[Quartz]

Nah, how about the 'Go Forth Bridge'?

 

[Santino]

Big Fuck Off Bridge

 

[weepiper]

No matter what they officially call it it will end up being 'the new road bridge' whenever people are talking about it.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Second Fourth Bridge

or has there been more than two?

 

[Crispy]

The Third Forth bridge

(as it will actually be the third major span in that location, including the railway)

 

[Santino]

Bawbag Bridge

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The 1, 2, 3, 4, Do We Need Any More bridge

 

[Crispy]

Actually, make that the Queen Elizabeth the Second Third Forth Bridge.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Actually, make that the Queen Elizabeth the Second Third Forth Bridge.

Queen Elizabeth the Second Third Forth Diamond Jubilee Bridge, although her jubilee will be well past by then

 

[weepiper]

Actually, make that the Queen Elizabeth the Second Third Forth Bridge.

Except she's only Queen Elizabeth the First in Scotland.

 

[quimcunx]

The Firth Bridge so everyone thinks their travel guide must have a lisp and it must actually be the First bridge and wonder what happened to the second an third bridges and eventually it will be accepted that it's called the First Bridge and in 100 years on QI they will have to debunk the myth.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Except she's only Queen Elizabeth the First in Scotland.

Who knows. By 2016, it could be the Queen Elizabeth The First Diamond Jubilee Memorial Bridge

 

[quimcunx]

Except she's only Queen Elizabeth the First in Scotland.

So the Queen Elizabeth the First and Second Third Forth Bridge?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The Firth Bridge so everyone thinks their travel guide must have a lisp and it must actually be the First bridge and wonder what happened to the second an third bridges and eventually it will be accepted that it's called the First Bridge and in 100 years on QI they will have to debunk the myth.

The Frith of Forth Bridge, to appeal to all those who like that Colin Firth bloke

 

[Crispy]

Except she's only Queen Elizabeth the First in Scotland.

what does it say on your money...

 

[weepiper]

what does it say on your money...

Queen Elizabeth the First was queen of England before the Union of the Crowns while Scotland was still a completely separate country. Therefore QEII is really only QEI of the UK.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The Frith of Froth Forth Bridge ('cos I reckon it'll be fun to say when you're pissed)

 

[mauvais]

So the Queen Elizabeth the First and Second Third Forth Bridge?

Urban really ought to put this forward.

 

[quimcunx]

Urban really ought to put this forward.

I agree.

 

[danny la rouge]

So the Queen Elizabeth the First and Second Third Forth Bridge?

This gets my vote.

 

[danny la rouge]

Second Fourth Bridge

or has there been more than two?

There's the Rail Bridge and the Road Bridge. But there's also, further up river, the Kincardine Bridge and its new neighbour, the Clackmannanshire Bridge.

 

[Corax]

Dave the Bridge.

 

[Crispy]

There's the Rail Bridge and the Road Bridge. But there's also, further up river, the Kincardine Bridge and its new neighbour, the Clackmannanshire Bridge.

That makes this the Fifth Firth of Forth bridge, then.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

That makes this the Fifth Firth of Forth bridge, then.

As I said with a similar name, it's a good 'un when you're pissed

 

[quimcunx]

The Queen Elizabeth First or Second Third or Fifth Firth of Forth Bridge

 

[quimcunx]

Actually let's keep it simple.

The Fifth of Forth Bridge.