Why is St. Patrick's Cross crooked in the Union Flag?
Nak, can't be it. The flag looks the same upside down. Would have been a neat reason though.
Nah it doesn't, or at least not always. The thick white line should be on top at the upper left, flip it vertically or horizontally and the thin white line will be.
The asymmetry of the Union Jack comes from the fact that the Scottish St. Andrew's cross and the Irish St. Patrick's Cross had to be equally "side by side". Heraldy accomplishes this by not centering one cross above the other but "misaligning" them against each other. The English St. George's Cross, for example, is located in the center on top of the other crosses which symbolizes the dominance of England over the countries of Scotland and Ireland.
I see, thanks!
Can't wait for the American flag of the future
Hairy legs.
Damn. Though hard to argue.
As an American, I'd say Union Jack if only because the stars keep changing in the stars 'n stripes.
Official US Flag July 3rd, 1960
I lived in Wales for a year (and lived to tell the tale!) and they REALLY love their flag. Fair play to them, though. They've got a dragon.
There wasn't room on the Union Flag for that much badassery!
There was a BBC news report a few months ago on how the Olympics in London made the flag really popular in Cuba
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21082793
As an American, I'd say Union Jack if only because the stars keep changing in the stars 'n stripes.
Official US Flag July 3rd, 1960
We keep growing in power. The UK is stuck with like 3 different flags smooshed together.
There wasn't room on the Union Flag for that much badassery!
If Scotland do end up leaving the UK, I hope we get a new flag complete with dragon. We'd also need to ditch the blue of course.I lived in Wales for a year (and lived to tell the tale!) and they REALLY love their flag. Fair play to them, though. They've got a dragon.
There wasn't room on the Union Flag for that much badassery!
Wales isn't represented because it was part of the Kingdom of England when the flag was created. It has its own parliament now so maybe they should have another look. It'll be interesting to see what happens if Scotland gains independence.
I can't see anything happening, and the argument will be, Why spend money changing the flag when we can just keep it the same?
We should go back to orange instead of red.Our flag is red, white and blue and is the oldest tricolor flag in the world. Britons, lol.
If Wales was to be represented on the Union Jack, it wouldn't be via Y Ddraig Goch. The three flags which the Union Jack is currently composed of are the saint's banners, rather than the royal standards such as Y Drraig Goch. Wales' patron saint was Dewi Sant, and his flag was the Baner Dewi Sant, which looks like this:
So you'd have to fit that in somewhere. Be difficult without making the Union Jack rather messy. If Scotland leaves and Wales was incorporated, though, you'd end up with this:
Which I think is pretty damn awesome.
I think it looks like the flag of a fascist state.
Historically speaking, the Brits have probably screwed over more people...though...if we're going by sheer volume, modern age America might actually have them beat. Hrm..
But the history of both flags are pretty interesting. Britains being an act of assholery, and America's an act of...well I am biased, I'll admit it. But I think America's flag has the Jack beat. I think, globally, the Union Jack was probably more of a sign of fear, and America's a sign of resentment and/or expectation.
As a fashion statement, depends on who you're looking at. Designers like to ironically include the Jack, but then we'll see a thong made out of classic stars and stripes which is just simple patterning. So the Jack is better fashion, but the stars and strips are more useful, unless you're going for the specific ' complete American flag' look, in which case you might not see it as much.
(I think Australia's flag is prettier though)
But the history of both flags are pretty interesting. Britains being an act of assholery
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What's assholery about joining two kingdoms into one flag?
you mean what did england ever do to scotland and ireland?
Y'all be sorry for criticizing that badassery when the Glorious Welsh Legions re-establish the Neobritish Empire.
There are only two things to be jealous of Wales about.
1: Countryside to metropolitan ratio
2: Gareth Bale