It finally hit me yesterday. I am still playing OWB and I thought MT was short for mountian as in Big Mountian. Now I am not so sure. I think it could be the Big Empty.

A play on words, Emm Tee. So now I don't see it as Big Mountian bu the Big Empty.

What do you guys and girls think?

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Old_World_Blues_(add-on)

Thank you very much. I keep seeing alot of people saying the Big Mountian, so I thought I was just thinking things. LOL. I guess this answers the question.

Now maybe other people will know, who think it's the Big Mountian.

http://http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Big_MT The wiki says both. I'm sure in speach somewhere it's moaned about from one of the doctors and it says which one. Can't remember but since it was known as big mountain research and development centre and was when made inside a well big mountain I'm going with that 'less corrected.

Big Mountain = Big Mt. = The "official" name of the area.

Big Mt. = Big MT = "The Big Empty" = The "colloquial" term in the wasteland for Big Mountain.

Wow, took you that long to figure it out?


It's official name is Big MT. The wastelanders, no longer understanding the meaning of an M and a T together after the Great War ruined everything, actually say the M and the T. Then, people who hear it assume the person is saying "Empty," hence the name.
Similar to how Tuscon has become Two-sun, or how places like Novac and Arefu get their name.

This. Before the war it was the Big Mountain Research Facility but as time went on people started calling it the Big Empty.

Big Mountain.

Yeah sadly it did. :whistling: The same thing happened for Novac, I just slapped my head when it hit me. :facepalm:

The one about Arefu, I didn't get, and read about it later. I actually forget what it is suppose to stand for again. I wonder if there is anymore in the Wasteland like this.

I also didn't know about Two-sun either. I don't recall that even being mentioned or if it was I wasn't paying attention as usuall. :blink:

It's not just the way people interpreted the name, it's also the physical appearance of the Big MT. First it was a research complex build in a mountain through a cave complex, however after a failed experiment the mountain was vaporised and left a big crater. This probably also contributed to why people started calling it the Big Empty.

"Due to a failed experiment conducted in the Y-0 research center, the mountain above the center was vaporized, leaving behind a giant crater and the exposed central dome of Big MT"
- Quoted from the fallout wiki

Big Mountain-Big MT-Big EmTee-Big Empty

Because it appears we're having a Stating The Stated World Championships:
Big Empty = post-war name for Big Mt. Name derived from pronunciation.

Courier: I've heard this place called the "Big Empty."
Dr. Klein: YES, BECAUSE THE INTELLECTUALLY CHALLENGED SEE AN "M" AND A "T" NEXT TO EACH OTHER AND TAKE OCCAM'S RAZOR TO IT. WHILE YOU ARE HERE, YOU WILL REFER TO THIS PLACE PROPERLY - AND YOU WILL DO THE SAME WITH THE OTHER... SCIENTISTS HERE.

Got that, Lobotomites? Now back to work! And no excreting on the blue grass!