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05 Jan 2016, 5:35 am

Hmmm, interesting ideas ... but what region or nation would such a flag represent? :scratch:


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05 Jan 2016, 7:56 am

Florida?


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05 Jan 2016, 7:21 pm

^ The American Sunshine State. :sunny:

Queensland is also the Sunshine State here in Australia.


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06 Jan 2016, 5:15 am

Cool. 8)


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03 Mar 2016, 4:32 am

So, the New Zealand referendum for the new flag has started. I, personally, find the silver fern proposal attractive. The whole world is holding their breath. -- You may not know that the Finnish flag has not always been blue cross on white background; for a short period in mid-1910s (just before our declaration of independence from Imperial Russia) it was yellow cross on red background which, actually, would have been a happier variant because our ice hockey jerseys would now show more red than they do currently. And in a game like ice hockey, it is desirable to be wearing red. It is psychological.


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03 Mar 2016, 4:56 am

I think NZ should approve the silver fern flag. There comes a time in every person's and every nation's life when a change should be made. Static is boring!

I love your widespread knowledge about the history of the Finnish flag.

I guess you are familiar with Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky, one of the pioneers of colour photography, who took pricelss photos of Tsarist Russia?


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03 Mar 2016, 5:03 am

envirozentinel wrote:
(...)I guess you are familiar with Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky, one of the pioneers of colour photography, who took pricelss photos of Tsarist Russia?


http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/Memori ... rpg_1.html

I have bookmarked this site a long time ago -- which unfortunately is all Russian. But who cares, the photos speak for themselves. Probably you have found it, too.


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03 Mar 2016, 5:09 am

envirozentinel wrote:
I think NZ should approve the silver fern flag. There comes a time in every person's and every nation's life when a change should be made. Static is boring!


Indeed, the new flag of South Africa is well designed. There is a story behind it -- which I don't have to tell to a South-African. :)


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03 Mar 2016, 7:01 am

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I've designed flags for my world-building nations.

I can't find the one for Super-Zakhyria. It features a yellow triangle on a red background; a black dot at each of the three points of the triangle, and a large Z in black in the centre of the triangle.


Where's the AK-47? There must have been a revolutionary war in Super-Zakhyria to separate it from Middle Zakhyria.


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03 Mar 2016, 7:02 am

Krabo wrote:
You may not know that the Finnish flag has not always been blue cross on white background; for a short period in mid-1910s (just before our declaration of independence from Imperial Russia) it was yellow cross on red background which, actually, would have been a happier variant because our ice hockey jerseys would now show more red than they do currently. And in a game like ice hockey, it is desirable to be wearing red. It is psychological.
The Norwegian flag has also changed a lot. The different ones can be seen here: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norges_flagg
I especially liked the name sildesalaten, which we learned about in school! unforgettable! :lol:


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03 Mar 2016, 7:03 am

The American flag has changed from the beginning.


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03 Mar 2016, 7:12 am

Skilpadde,

When I was a schoolboy, what we first learned about Norway, was the flag, then herring, then the Øglænd bikes, den beste sykkel. There were, of course, a few lines about this king, the royal archeologist whose name I have forgotten. Who was he, by the way? Olof V perhaps?


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03 Mar 2016, 7:15 am

The current king of Norway is Herald V. Olav V was his father.


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03 Mar 2016, 7:16 am

KyleTheGhost wrote:
The American flag has changed from the beginning.


Sure, ever since Ms. Betsy Ross sewed the first one, at orders of George Washington to place the 13 stars in a circle.


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03 Mar 2016, 7:18 am

Now the stripes mean the first 13 states.

I love learning history. :)


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03 Mar 2016, 7:18 am

KyleTheGhost wrote:
The current king of Norway is Herald V. Olav V was his father.


That much I know. But who was the Norwegian king who was also an archaeologist?


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