Anyone has seen, at least once, the red circle with a blue horizontal line, where you can read Underground. From the logo we can recognize miles away and bring home in souvenirs to the unmistakable Mind The Gap warning, the English capital’s metropolitan is filled with symbols that build an artistic and cultural panorama of city life. Besides having this name that is especially its own, the London underground is a pop culture icon and a mark in history, because it was the first underground train in the world, opened in 1863. But the word isn’t used in all English language countries, actually, in the US, the railroad system is called subway (don’t mistake it for the sandwich chain restaurant). The english term defines precisely where this train circulates and it’s exactly as underground that we know the London underground. Of all the definitions and references this word may have, the underground reminds us, almost automatically, to the railroad system that works under the ground - at least that’s what the dictionary says.
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