Re: FB - emblems

>On Fri, 29 May 1998, John Atkinson wrote:
>
>> >Yes, the FB explains the origins of the emblems, but most a pretty
>> >self-explanatory - the NAC one is a stylised "A" (for Anglian), in
the
>> >traditional red, white and blue of the Union flag, the FSE is uses
the
>>
>> Thankfully, both the Union and the old American flag (which if the
>
>I *think* he was talking about the Union Jack.

Yes, but though common usage calls it the Union Jack (even over here),
this
term is (IIRC) properly used ONLY when it is flown on a ship - when used
for all other pureposes it is simply the Union FLAG.

Jon (GZG)
>
>(Heck, the French tricolor is red-white-blue. The combination is
>popular enough.)
>
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