General / Off-Topic Why The British Flag? Covas Menu

ibmalone

I
Braandlin said:
Except that in most of the contexts you quote above the term British is being used incorrectly. So for example the Olympic team is actually the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is incorrectly referred to and shortened as GBR rather than UK.

Great Britain does not include Northern Ireland.

The misuse of the term is a source of constant annoyance to many in Northern Ireland.
Click to expand...
Being Northern Irish myself I'm quite aware of that. It's specificially why I pointed out the Team GB discrepancy. British is a nationality, it doesn't mean "from Great Britain".

Braandlin said:
The misuse of the term Union jack is nothing at all to do with QI. The flag became known as the union 'Jack' when it was flown on the Jack mast of a ship (a small mast mounted on the bowsprit of the ship) Flags flown from this mast were traditionally smaller than other flags. When the union flag (or as it was called then the british flag) came into use in the 1600's it was ordered to be flown at the front of all ships, so it became the 'jack flag'. The term union jack and union flag are pretty interchangeable, however the flag is officially known as The Union Flag.
Click to expand...

Again, I meant the popularisation of the incorrect idea that the flag is officially called the Union Flag and not the Union Jack. You're correct about where the name comes from, and it is normally a flag, not a jack, but a name is not a description and it's called both. This is about the most official source on the matter: http://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/british-flags/the-union-jack-or-the-union-flag/

Braandlin said:
By 'union' it explicitly refers to the union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is NOT the flag of great britain alone - although again that is often how it is often used. The term union is specific to the union of Great Britain With Ireland, which since 1922 is the union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the remainder of ireland returning to its previous independent sovereign nation status. The term union in United kingdom is NOT a reference to the union of England, Wales and Scotland.
Click to expand...

Again... Northern Irish. Yes, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The nationality is still "British".
 

Braandlin

Braandlin
Ca$hback said:
They can only do so much damage here.
Click to expand...

ibmalone said:
Being Northern Irish myself I'm quite aware of that. It's specificially why I pointed out the Team GB discrepancy. British is a nationality, it doesn't mean "from Great Britain".



Again, I meant the popularisation of the incorrect idea that the flag is officially called the Union Flag and not the Union Jack. You're correct about where the name comes from, and it is normally a flag, not a jack, but a name is not a description and it's called both. This is about the most official source on the matter: http://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/british-flags/the-union-jack-or-the-union-flag/



Again... Northern Irish. Yes, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The nationality is still "British".
Click to expand...

sounds like we are in complete agreement then
 

Misty_Dark

Misty_Dark
Wonder if OP might have mixed this up

select-language-chinese-simplified-chinese-traditional-english-traditional-english-simplified-30755791.png
 

Braandlin

Braandlin
ibmalone said:
Damn.

Okay, look, I don't normally do this, but, is there, uh, something else we can fight about then?
Click to expand...

Sooner we build a border wall between ireland and northern ireland, sooner we can resolve this brexit thing*


Will that do?
:)






* not that i remotely agree with the whole damned shebang....
 

Siobhan

Siobhan
Braandlin said:
Sooner we build a border wall between ireland and northern ireland, sooner we can resolve this brexit thing*


Will that do?
:)






* not that i remotely agree with the whole damned shebang....
Click to expand...

What is it with walls...
The Romans built one between England and Scotland - and failed to make the Scotts pay for it...
Then they had another go...
The Chinese built a wall around everything, and ... well it's not much of a wall...
They built a wall in Berlin and we know how that went...
Trump wants a wall in Mexico ... I thought he preferred golf
And now you suggest a wall in Ireland? Like that'll go down well...
Be better off building a wall round the City of London... er another one... or around Theresa May...

Bah! Humbug!

All these walls and no doors... It's gonna be a claustrophobic world.
 

Mo Ronik

Mo Ronik
I think Mexican Spanish is to Spanish like American English is to English. Similar and we can understand each other just fine but not a perfect match. I have a tough time sometimes with British humour. <--- check out that spelling.... Everything I know about British humour is from Monty Python of course, Benny Hill and a host of Britcoms like Are You Being Served and Mr. Bean.
 

Braandlin

Braandlin
Siobhan said:
What is it with walls...
The Romans built one between England and Scotland - and failed to make the Scotts pay for it...
Then they had another go...
The Chinese built a wall around everything, and ... well it's not much of a wall...
They built a wall in Berlin and we know how that went...
Trump wants a wall in Mexico ... I thought he preferred golf
And now you suggest a wall in Ireland? Like that'll go down well...
Be better off building a wall round the City of London... er another one... or around Theresa May...

Bah! Humbug!

All these walls and no doors... It's gonna be a claustrophobic world.
Click to expand...

The welsh had a dyke.
 

ibmalone

I
Siobhan said:
What is it with walls...
The Romans built one between England and Scotland - and failed to make the Scotts pay for it...
Then they had another go...
The Chinese built a wall around everything, and ... well it's not much of a wall...
They built a wall in Berlin and we know how that went...
Trump wants a wall in Mexico ... I thought he preferred golf
And now you suggest a wall in Ireland? Like that'll go down well...
Be better off building a wall round the City of London... er another one... or around Theresa May...

Bah! Humbug!

All these walls and no doors... It's gonna be a claustrophobic world.
Click to expand...

We're already building a wall in Ireland! Okay, we're rebuilding it, it's not very big and it's around the Mourne Mountains to stop them escaping. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/...-the-wonder-wall-of-the-mournes-35734916.html
 

avow555

avow555
My Beef is your Greif said:
In the menu where you pick your Covas Assistant , it has a selection of languages to chose, Depending on what language it has a flag to represent it , and yet the English selection has the British flag and not an American one, America is the main English speaker , in Britain they speak British , this is a lazy oversite




FDEV FIX

Fdev's forums are crappy pic didnt work here is link https://external-preview.redd.it/VheQcidjbsH2I2tHih9Ur6LjxcNGCp5OxRZwwhZDdkU.png?auto=webp&cf37966d


edit the link dont work either here is the thread https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/a04qwc/multilingual_covas_in_beta/


thats not my ship so dont roast me for it
Click to expand...

That's odd, British is not a language and neither is american.

I wonder what language we are using here, look it up and learn.
 

Para Handy

Para Handy
George Smiley said:
It’s a flag, not a jack. A jack is flown off the stern of a ship. It’s just ‘popular usage’ which has led to the misuse of the term.
It’s a damn weird flag though but. I prefer the Cornish one.
Click to expand...

Wrong end mate!

Actually a jack is a flag - it is a specific type of flag flown from a staff at the prow (bow) of a ship which is moored.

No doubt Sheldon Cooper would have made a very entertaining "Fun With Flags" all about naval jacks had he not been lured from the path of true vexillology by the siren that is Amy Farrah Fowler.

BTW - I liked the USN jack when I was in the RN - I think the current one is naff ( I mean, a snake on stripes pretending it can talk - come on!).
 
Last edited:

Siobhan

Siobhan
ibmalone said:
We're already building a wall in Ireland! Okay, we're rebuilding it, it's not very big and it's around the Mourne Mountains to stop them escaping. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/...-the-wonder-wall-of-the-mournes-35734916.html
Click to expand...

They've been escaping for a long time now... Do you think a wall will help now? They probably already have an underground railway set up...

Speaking of which, do Americans still think the London Underground is some kind of shady revolutionary group?
 

Braandlin

Braandlin
Siobhan said:
They've been escaping for a long time now... Do you think a wall will help now? They probably already have an underground railway set up...

Speaking of which, do Americans still think the London Underground is some kind of shady revolutionary group?
Click to expand...

They've probably been funding it thinking it might lead to regime change.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom