07 September 2010

Genetic history of the Union Jack

Via Camille Reads.

9 comments:

  1. um...don't know what the "fictional" comment means...but that is actually the reason the flag looks like that.

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  2. yup, not fictional at all...except for the comment of the Welsh Dragon ;)

    cheers,
    Jorge
    Porta19

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  3. Yep, definitely not fictional. And there's been a few efforts to incorporate a Welsh imprimatuer into the Union Jack as well.

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  4. You guys are right; I had thought it was coincidental - didn't know it was intentional. You learn something every day.

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  5. I made the same mistake in reverse while watching the england-USA game for the world cup this year (that's why england plays under the red cross flag). I then got lectured by a bunch of english folks at the party who brought up many of my shortcomings.

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  6. Thats not the Irish flag, thats the flag of the fake Irish

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  7. Whales had it's own 'Acts of Union' with England then the second 'Acts of Union' made the first Union Jack with Scotland then (back when they were Catholic) got a claim on Ireland thus the most resent 'Acts of Union' and the resont flag

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  8. Whales used to be a part of England for a while

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  9. Day got whales in Wales?

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