On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 13:34:09 -0700 Ken Whistler <kenwhist...@att.net> wrote:
> And if a flag of > California (or Pomerania or ...) then gets added to the list of emoji > tag sequences in a future version of the data, there is a good chance > that the "users" will then see the difference, because that flag will > appear on their phones eventually. Indeed, why isn't the flag of Texas there already so as to terminate the abuse of <U+1F1E8, U+1F1F1>. Technically, at least, it has the justification of being a formerly independent country, though I don't know that they have any national teams. Is anyone working on the issue of flags for the whole of Ireland? Different sports have their own 'national' flags. Pomerania will be a bit tricky, as it isn't any recent administrative division. Richard.