Union Flat or Union Jack?

[smurfchops]

Is this more political correctness? It now seems to be called the Union Flag instead of the Union Jack. Was Jill unamused?

[Hopkirk]

Flat?

[dannyk13]

It is Union Jack when dfisplayed by a royal naval vessel

[Meenah]

That's a great idea, the union flag sends out a message of racial equality and tolerance, everything the racist groups don't want so i'm all for it.

[Hopkirk]

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1140320.html

[tonyav]

LOL^^^^

[missnemesis]

How does calling it a 'flag' rather than a 'jack' make a difference Meenah?

[tonyav]

Not you Hopkirk.

[smurfchops]

Thanks Hopkirk. Sorry about the spelling mistake !

[New Judge]

Far worse than calling the flag a "jack" is flying it upside down.

In the past week I've lost count of the number of Union Flags I have seen being flown the wrong way up. I'm sure many of those flying it have good intentions, but they could have the courtesy to find out which way up it should be flown.

[tonyav]

New Judge, upside down = distress ( am I right ).

[humbersloop]

Just to add to hopkirk's bit, section on naval jacks from Wikipedia:

//Jacks are additional national flags flown by warships (and certain other vessels) at the head of the ship. These are usually flown while not under way and when the ship is dressed on special occasions. Jacks in the Royal Navy must be run up when the first line is ashore when coming alongside.

In Britain's Royal Navy, the Union Flag at sea serves both as a naval jack and as the rank flag of an Admiral of the Fleet. It is illegal for a merchant ship or yacht to fly the Union Flag, but permissible to fly a civilian jack (sometimes known as the pilot jack as it was formerly used to request a pilot) that consists of the Union Flag with a white border. The St George's Cross flown from the jackstaff is known as the Dunkirk jack, and is customarily flown by ships and boats which took part in the Dunkirk evacuation operation in 1940. The flying of the St George's Cross elsewhere on a civilian ship is illegal, as it is the rank flag of a full Admiral.//

And it's back to pedants' corner for me...

[humbersloop]

yes tony

[Sipowicz]

That was a long post humbersloop, you must be flagging!

[tonyav]

Thanks for that sloopy.

[humbersloop]

boom tish sip!

[Meenah]

I agree with new judge

[humbersloop]

As indeed did baldric:

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1102611.html

[Baldric]

^^^ Lol Humber ^^^

[ludwig]

// Far worse than calling the flag a "jack" is flying it upside down. //

Who gives a toss? It looks pretty much the same. It's not our fault they didn't think it through and put a 'this way up' arrow in the middle.

[Baldric]

With a name like ludwig why am I not surprised you show no respect for our flag?