Comments on: Words for Nerds – Vexillology http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/word-quiz/words-for-nerds-vexillology/ Content Marketing, SEO Copywriting, Blog Consulting Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:22:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brad Shorr http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/word-quiz/words-for-nerds-vexillology/comment-page-1/#comment-4435 Brad Shorr Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:42:03 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=755#comment-4435 Jackie, That's interesting about the history of the Union Flag (explains its name!). I'm no vexillologist, but I looked online for a while to check on Andrew's inquiry and found nothing. You'd think somewhere there would be research on the subject. Jackie, That’s interesting about the history of the Union Flag (explains its name!). I’m no vexillologist, but I looked online for a while to check on Andrew’s inquiry and found nothing. You’d think somewhere there would be research on the subject.

]]> By: Jackie Cameron http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/word-quiz/words-for-nerds-vexillology/comment-page-1/#comment-4434 Jackie Cameron Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:18:02 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=755#comment-4434 Did you know that the Union Flag ( Union Jack) is a mix of the flags of Scotland, England and Wales? We Scots are also proud to fly our blue cross of St Andrew on its own. I was interested to read Andrew's post about Australia and yes it would be good to understand how the flags of other Commonwealth countries were/are made up. Maybe we can get a vexillologist onto it. Did you know that the Union Flag ( Union Jack) is a mix of the flags of Scotland, England and Wales? We Scots are also proud to fly our blue cross of St Andrew on its own.
I was interested to read Andrew’s post about Australia and yes it would be good to understand how the flags of other Commonwealth countries were/are made up.
Maybe we can get a vexillologist onto it.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/word-quiz/words-for-nerds-vexillology/comment-page-1/#comment-4412 Andrew Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:16:10 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=755#comment-4412 I've often thought the Australian flag should be altered slightly to provide some small aboriginal related symbol or recognition. I wonder whethe flags of other Commonwealth or former Commonwealth countries incorporate representation of indigenous peoples on their flags? Cheers Andrew I’ve often thought the Australian flag should be altered slightly to provide some small aboriginal related symbol or recognition.

I wonder whethe flags of other Commonwealth or former Commonwealth countries incorporate representation of indigenous peoples on their flags?

Cheers

Andrew

]]> By: Brad Shorr http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/word-quiz/words-for-nerds-vexillology/comment-page-1/#comment-4391 Brad Shorr Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:35:59 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=755#comment-4391 Andrew, surprising news about the aborigines not being citizens until 1967. Of course, omitting them from the flag is not unusual, I suppose. Andrew, surprising news about the aborigines not being citizens until 1967. Of course, omitting them from the flag is not unusual, I suppose.

]]> By: Andrew Heaton http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/word-quiz/words-for-nerds-vexillology/comment-page-1/#comment-4374 Andrew Heaton Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:14:17 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=755#comment-4374 Brad, Personally, I don't think about flags particularly often, and am very poor at recognizing flags of individual countries. I wish I had studied more about flags back in school. However, when you look deeper at the meaning of each of the symbols or features of a particular national flag, they do tend to say a great deal about the identity of the nation in question. But flags can also be misleading. In the case of the Australian flag (my home country), the symbols are the Union Jack, representing historic links with England, the southern cross (stars in the southern hemisphere) and the federation star, representing federation in 1901. At no point are the indigenous people of Australia (aborigines) represented on our national flag at all, despite a connection with the land believed to go back about forty thousand years. This is because, shamefully, until 1967, only white Austrailians were officially counted as citizens. Cheers Andrew Brad,

Personally, I don’t think about flags particularly often, and am very poor at recognizing flags of individual countries. I wish I had studied more about flags back in school.

However, when you look deeper at the meaning of each of the symbols or features of a particular national flag, they do tend to say a great deal about the identity of the nation in question.

But flags can also be misleading. In the case of the Australian flag (my home country), the symbols are the Union Jack, representing historic links with England, the southern cross (stars in the southern hemisphere) and the federation star, representing federation in 1901.

At no point are the indigenous people of Australia (aborigines) represented on our national flag at all, despite a connection with the land believed to go back about forty thousand years.

This is because, shamefully, until 1967, only white Austrailians were officially counted as citizens.

Cheers

Andrew

]]> By: --Deb http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/word-quiz/words-for-nerds-vexillology/comment-page-1/#comment-4371 --Deb Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:36:49 +0000 http://www.wordsellinc.com/?p=755#comment-4371 Well, no, I'm stumped on this one! Well, no, I’m stumped on this one!

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