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# I love the way that people who say this in earnest
are actually talking about the Union flag, not the Union Jack (which, by definition, can only be flown from a ship).

/pedantic blog.
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 22:46, archived)
# Shut up
shut the fuck up

/anti-nazi egg attack
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 22:50, archived)
# ...
It'll be one of those weeks when the phrase "board nazi" has a whole new aspect...
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 22:51, archived)
# Sorry
Just that whole union flag/union jack thing really annoys me for some reason :P
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 22:52, archived)
# :)
You know, I got that vibe.
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 22:56, archived)
# not entirely
The Flag Institute, the vexillological organisation for the United Kingdom, stated that the term Union Flag is a "relatively recent idea". Jack was a word previously used to denote any flag [4]. It also noted that "From early in its life the Admiralty itself frequently referred to the flag as the Union Jack, whatever its use, and in 1902 an Admiralty Circular announced that Their Lordships had decided that either name could be used officially. Such use was given Parliamentary approval in 1908 when it was stated that "the Union Jack should be regarded as the National flag"

also, at least it's the right way up.
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 23:03, archived)
# isn't that an incredibly drawn out way of saying "NER"
:)
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 23:23, archived)
# a matter of debate?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Flag#Terminology

we just call it the union jack.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_New_Zealand

I'm no republican but I don't much care for it - this is the one I favour.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_Tribes_of_New_Zealand.svg
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 23:46, archived)
# *extra pedantic*
that's not actually true
(Carpe Perna! Evolution is just a theory...like Gravity., Thu 11 Jun 2009, 21:45, archived)