Steve, you exaggerate. I checked two reputable sources and both indicate that the use of "Union Flag" is the preferred use, unless the flag is flown at sea. The sites - Her Majesty's website and the Prime Minister's website.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Humphreys Sent: 20 September 2007 10:46 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:39458] Re: Cheers for IKEA! 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]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >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] > >-----Original Message----- >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). > >-----Original Message----- >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 > >-- >End dual-measurement, let's finish going metric! >http://gometric.us/ >http://www.metric.org/ > _________________________________________________________________ The next generation of Hotmail is here! http://www.newhotmail.co.uk
