Re: [LUG] [mailing list post] digital rights

[Steph Foster <steph.p.foster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, but I'm an old stick in the mud.


On 09/04/2010 13:43, Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 01:17:35PM +0100, Steph Foster wrote:
>    
> > There is no Union Jack on the CNN site ? There may well be a Union
> > flag though.
> >
> > Sorry, just being pernickety. The Union Flag is only a Union Jack
> > when flown from a naval vessel at sea.
> >      
> Actually, that's debatable. The term "jack" apparently used to refer
> to any flag, not just one on a ship at sea. The Admiralty has stated
> that either name can be used officially, and it was stated in
> Parliament that "the Union Jack should be regarded as the National
> flag". Even if the name did originate from naval terminology, the
> distinction isn't really meaningful nowadays.
>
>    


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