April 12, 1606. James I approved the flag of all king colours. Hooray! I love the flag! :D
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April 12, 1606. James I approved the flag of all king colours. Hooray! I love the flag! :D
нееееееееееееееееееееет, я ненавижу этот флаг, мне до смерти надоел!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: он просто везде!
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:P And I love that flag too!!! Hurrah!!!
By the way Rtyom thanks for such interesting information!
I never know it before! YAY! Now I have to hang the flag anywhere in my flat!
Jacob?
James I of England and XI of Scotland, I think you'll find.
Yes James VI of Scotland and James I of EnglandQuote:
James I of England and XI of Scotland, I think you'll find
In fact Russians call him Яков
Henry - Генрих
Edward - Эдвард
Elizabeth - Елизавета
James - Яков
Charles - Карл
In Russian their names differ and sound not like in English.
But what about all the king's horses and all the king's men -- could they put Humptington J. Dumpty III back together again?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rtyom
sorry for being such a navy arse, but its not the Union Jack unless its flying from a Jackstaff. Technically, its the Union Flag.
Just thought you should know.
Yes, you are...just thought you should know.Quote:
Originally Posted by submarineshaun
/I'm kidding of course :P
//Any reason you spelled Scotland with two "t's"? :?:
No; just a typo.
Oh, ok. Didn't know if there was a new Scottish separist movement to be aware of or something! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by submarineshaun
lol; posting on a thread about the union flag, would seem so..
Actually, I grew up in Birmigham, UK. The first time I visited scottland was when I was moved to Faslane :)
All right, I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by submarineshaun
P.S. Sorry for messing up James! These Russian equivalents are stuck in mind forever. :x Leof has explained it above.
I wish I understood you. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barmaley
Perhaps Barmale hinted at Carroll's Humpty-Dumpty? :D
Suprisingly, I know it. :)
and I did not. I mean I guessed something like this but I never knew the exact dates. Great picture Steve!
:D
Happy Birthday ))
Poor Wales isn't included on the flag though, since: 1. It doesn't really fit, and 2. Wales is a principality of England technically, whereas Scotland, England are seperate nations, and Ireland (was).
When Ireland become independant in the 1920s(was it), the six counties that wanted (voted?) to remain part of the UK split away from the rest of the country which became the Irish Free State, and then Republic of Ireland (Eire). The 6 counties became known as Northern Ireland and are the fourth country that comprises the UK.
It has different flag:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...reland.svg.png
But they didn't change the overall Union Jack
Hence the name changed from The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Great Britain = England, Scotland and Wales.
This is why it is annoying when you see websites (99% of the time American) that list countries and have United Kingdom and Scotland listen seperately.
Great Britain technically isn't a country, it's just the mainland of the UK.
And people in Wales, Scotland and NI get pissed off if you refer to the UK as England.
cool flag
If I'm referring to the political actions of the country, I call it the UK. If I'm referring to England, Scotland, and Wales, I say Britain, though I most often refer to "England" in a historical context. "Ireland" refers to all the Irelands, because we Americans don't give a damn about them as individuals, as we only know that they wear green and drink Guinness.Quote:
Originally Posted by TATY
Ireland really is the whole Island of Ireland which is the Republic (Eire) and Norther Ireland, so referring to the whole thing as Ireland is fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackMage
You can calso call Northern Irish people Irish. Depending on their leanings they may prefer British (the protestants) or Irish (the Catholics).
To be honest a LOT of people in the UK don't even fully know the difference between the UK, GB, England, Scotland, Wales.
Also there is the British Isles with is a geographical name referring to the the UK + Ireland and the Islands surrounding. In Ireland they don't really like this name since it suggests Britain still owns Ireland, but at the time the naming of the area came about the whole thing was British.
It's sort of the the USSR and Russia. Since Russia was by far the biggest entity and the centre of power of the Soviet Union, in the West people would often call the USSR, "Russia", or refer to all Soviets as Russians.
Since England is the biggest (not by a large margin in area, but in terms of population it is by far), and London is in England, people will tend to refer to the whole country as England.
Vexillology, the scientific study of flag history and symbolism.
My trivial 2 pence for the day.
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