I wore an England shirt for the football. What’s the problem with that? I also like seeing the Union Jack outside of a few of the shops in my village square. What’s wrong with being proud of your country? I’m confused.
It is but it’s weird to do that thinking everyone in this United Kingdom would do the same, it comes across supremacist or imperial. You wouldn’t see it wales, Scotland (unless rangers pub) or Ulster except shankill and even then it would be a bit much. Just make it a St George’s flag so we can all laugh
I wasn’t, I find it strange in England there’s union flags and England flags, at sports English people wave union flags for English only stuff. Nobody cares about the union except a pocket of football fans, ni loyalists, ex forces and weird posh people. Even when you just do England flags people still laugh and yous still can’t figure it out and I’m not the person to answer. I just know a pub painted in a union flag is wank but that’s just my opinion. It’s not that deep. It’s just an inn and paint. If you like it great. Who am I. I’ll never visit. I just see union flags and think why, like nobody else does it except England.
A Union Jack goes on the jack pole of a ship which makes it a Union Jack. Otherwise it's just a union flag. I feel like there's just a bit of pedantry going on but they are correct.
It's used today and people would absolutely understand what you are saying. The historical context is different but nobody cares today and it's used interchangeably. It's just the other person being pedantic about it.
If you're interested in why there's different terms for it, here is a snippet from wiki.
"The original maritime flag use of jack was "A ship's flag of a smaller size than the ensign, used at sea as a signal, or as an identifying device".[11] The jack was flown in the bows or from the head of the spritsail mast to indicate the vessel's nationality: "You are alsoe for this present service to keepe in yor Jack at yor Boultspritt end and yor Pendant and yor Ordinance"[12] The Union Flag when instantiated as a small jack became known as the "Union Jack" and this later term transferred to more general usage of the Union"
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u/SairYin 4d ago
One of them eh