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Lord Hargreaves
Joined: 05 Oct 2004
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Location: Herefordshire
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 12:59 am Post subject: No England flag |
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| So now we have Scotland and Wales flags (thanks for them) but it appears no England flag. Now i'm back home I want to change my profile flag from Wales to the UK - can't I change that to England instead? Danke |
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Melchior
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
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Location: Palm Beach
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:43 am Post subject: |
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I was under the impression that this was the English flag.
What are you talking about? |
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Eternal
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:50 am Post subject: |
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That's the flag of Great Brittain, not England. The English flag has a white background and the St George cross in the middle (which is a red cross).
Cheers, Eternal |
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Melchior
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
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Location: Palm Beach
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:55 am Post subject: |
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Ah, this?:
Okay... |
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Secondary Oak
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
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Location: Haifa
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:59 am Post subject: |
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Eternal wrote: That's the flag of Great Brittain...
Actually that's the flag of the United Kingdom. "Great Britain" is an island, not a nation. |
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Achilles The Myrmidon
Joined: 20 Nov 2004
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Location: Hellas
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:27 am Post subject: |
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| I never understood why the call an island "Great" ? |
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Nico
Joined: 03 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:43 am Post subject: |
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| Because it's the largest of the British isles :) |
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Pebble
Joined: 12 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:23 am Post subject: |
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As far as I understand it there are two theories:
1) As Nico said, it is the larger of the British Isles, reffered to in order to distinguish it form Ireland.
2) It was used as a term by the inhabitants of France to distinguish it from Brittany (Bretange). |
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Lord Hargreaves
Joined: 05 Oct 2004
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Location: Herefordshire
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| Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| um..... er...... any luck in getting that flag then? |
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endersshadow
Joined: 01 Feb 2004
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Location: Dallas
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| Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Done, sorry :) |
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FCTE
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| Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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Lord Hargreaves
Joined: 05 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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endersshadow wrote: Done, sorry :)
Thanks :tu:
FCTE wrote:
:rotf: I think we're being a bit too picky now |
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