Some Euro "extremists" in the UK now refer to the EU flag as "The Union
Flag". Fortunately these people are in limited supply ;-)
From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:39456] Re: Cheers for IKEA!
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:50:25 -0700
That's strange, Martin.
I was born and raised in England (left when I was almost 22) and was
taught,
throughout elementary school, to call it the Union Jack. (The subject never
came up in high school or later.) In fact, I never heard it referred to as
the "Union Flag."
However, on doing a Google search, I see you are right. For that, thank
you.
Bill Potts
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Martin Vlietstra
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 21:45
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:39455] Re: Cheers for IKEA!
Does IKEA advertise its Swedish origin in the US? For example, in the UK
IKEA stores fly the Swedish flag along the Union flag. [For the benefit of
US readers, the "Union Jack" is only ever flown from a ship or boat. The
self-same flag, when flown on land is called the "Union flag"].
This approach is in contrast to Shell which I believe hides its Dutch
origin
when marketing their products in the United States (and indeed in many
other
countries).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Paul Armstrong
Sent: 20 September 2007 04:33
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:39454] Re: Cheers for IKEA!
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 09:44:40PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> So, where do we write to flood IKEA with love for this great move??
> Ezra
http://info.ikea-usa.com/IKEAContactUs/Contact.aspx
Paul
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