In a message dated 6/9/2000 4:54:33 PM, dumasb at UTK.EDU writes: << >Have Londoners taken to calling the Underground "the tube" >indiscriminately? I lived in London 1970-71, and I don't recall its ever being called anything else - then or since. Bethany >> Well, Bethany, I I have certainly heard it referred to as "The Underground"