| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) 20:56 - Sep 17 with 4580 views | nodge_blue |
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| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 21:04 - Sep 17 with 4540 views | Lord_Lucan |
To annoy Noggin. |  |
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| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 21:06 - Sep 17 with 4506 views | nodge_blue |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 21:04 - Sep 17 by Lord_Lucan |
To annoy Noggin. |
I was wondering if it was a nid to being formed by english people? | |
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| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 21:07 - Sep 17 with 4502 views | J2BLUE |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 21:04 - Sep 17 by Lord_Lucan |
To annoy Noggin. |
He would only be truly seething if it was the English flag |  |
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| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 21:13 - Sep 17 with 4440 views | J2BLUE |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 21:06 - Sep 17 by nodge_blue |
I was wondering if it was a nid to being formed by english people? |
They have more Englishmen in their team than Liverpool. | |
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| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 23:19 - Sep 17 with 4211 views | VanSaParody |
Think their football club were formed/founded by Englishmen building railways in that part of Italy, hence the St George cross on AC's club badge |  | | |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 23:49 - Sep 17 with 4113 views | Trequartista |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 23:19 - Sep 17 by VanSaParody |
Think their football club were formed/founded by Englishmen building railways in that part of Italy, hence the St George cross on AC's club badge |
Hence they're called Milan in Italy and not Milano, unlike Inter. |  |
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| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 01:03 - Sep 18 with 3996 views | Mercian |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 23:49 - Sep 17 by Trequartista |
Hence they're called Milan in Italy and not Milano, unlike Inter. |
The city is called Milano in standard Italian but Milan in the Lombard language/dialect. |  | | |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 05:17 - Sep 18 with 3870 views | MK1 |
Because they wish they were us.
Oh, by the way, it's only a Union Jack when on a ship, otherwise just the Union flag. |  |
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| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 06:25 - Sep 18 with 3801 views | billlm |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 05:17 - Sep 18 by MK1 |
Because they wish they were us.
Oh, by the way, it's only a Union Jack when on a ship, otherwise just the Union flag. |
And with a wooden flag pole |  | | |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 08:50 - Sep 18 with 3578 views | HighgateBlue |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 05:17 - Sep 18 by MK1 |
Because they wish they were us.
Oh, by the way, it's only a Union Jack when on a ship, otherwise just the Union flag. |
The Flag Institute begs to differ...
https://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/uk-flags/the-union-jack-or-the-union-flag/
"The Admiralty used both names interchangeably from the seventeenth century onwards, irrespective of use.
An Admiralty Circular of 1902 pronounced that either name was officially valid.
And in 1908 Parliament approved this verdict, confirming that ‘The Union Jack should be regarded as the National flag’."
As regards that last point, strictly there was no vote by Parliament, but confirmation by a Government minister in Parliament. It is a reference to a House of Lords debate, in which Hansard records Lord Howe, the Earl of Crewe and the Earl of Meath all referring to the national flag as the Union Jack in the context of the question "whether it is a fact that the full Union Jack may be flown on land by every citizen in the Empire as well as on Government Offices and Public Buildings." The Earl of Crewe on behalf of the Government confirmed that fact.
So I think counter-pedantry wins this argument. |  | | |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 09:24 - Sep 18 with 3496 views | Cotty |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 08:50 - Sep 18 by HighgateBlue |
The Flag Institute begs to differ...
https://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/uk-flags/the-union-jack-or-the-union-flag/
"The Admiralty used both names interchangeably from the seventeenth century onwards, irrespective of use.
An Admiralty Circular of 1902 pronounced that either name was officially valid.
And in 1908 Parliament approved this verdict, confirming that ‘The Union Jack should be regarded as the National flag’."
As regards that last point, strictly there was no vote by Parliament, but confirmation by a Government minister in Parliament. It is a reference to a House of Lords debate, in which Hansard records Lord Howe, the Earl of Crewe and the Earl of Meath all referring to the national flag as the Union Jack in the context of the question "whether it is a fact that the full Union Jack may be flown on land by every citizen in the Empire as well as on Government Offices and Public Buildings." The Earl of Crewe on behalf of the Government confirmed that fact.
So I think counter-pedantry wins this argument. |
I mean, if you're going to be pedantic, the least we can expect is that you're right, isn't it! |  | | |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 10:02 - Sep 18 with 3388 views | Guthrum |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 08:50 - Sep 18 by HighgateBlue |
The Flag Institute begs to differ...
https://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/uk-flags/the-union-jack-or-the-union-flag/
"The Admiralty used both names interchangeably from the seventeenth century onwards, irrespective of use.
An Admiralty Circular of 1902 pronounced that either name was officially valid.
And in 1908 Parliament approved this verdict, confirming that ‘The Union Jack should be regarded as the National flag’."
As regards that last point, strictly there was no vote by Parliament, but confirmation by a Government minister in Parliament. It is a reference to a House of Lords debate, in which Hansard records Lord Howe, the Earl of Crewe and the Earl of Meath all referring to the national flag as the Union Jack in the context of the question "whether it is a fact that the full Union Jack may be flown on land by every citizen in the Empire as well as on Government Offices and Public Buildings." The Earl of Crewe on behalf of the Government confirmed that fact.
So I think counter-pedantry wins this argument. |
From a naval perspective it may be equally valid. But a "jack" is specifically a flag flown on the jackstaff, a small mast on the bow of a ship at anchor. |  |
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| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 10:22 - Sep 18 with 3325 views | gringoblue |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 23:19 - Sep 17 by VanSaParody |
Think their football club were formed/founded by Englishmen building railways in that part of Italy, hence the St George cross on AC's club badge |
Founded by a chap from Nottingham called Herbert Kilpin. Full story:
https://leftlion.co.uk/features/2014/03/the-lord-of-milan-ac-milan-founder-herbe
There is now a very nice pub named after him in the city centre. |  | | |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 11:57 - Sep 18 with 3152 views | Churchman |
Good description of AC Milan’s history here
https://www.acmilan.com/en/club/ac-milan-logo
I think they should revert to their original name of ‘Milan Football and Cricket Club’ and actually have a cricket team too! |  | | |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 16:05 - Sep 18 with 2964 views | BlueBadger |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 21:07 - Sep 17 by J2BLUE |
He would only be truly seething if it was the English flag |
To be fair, you DO get arrested and lock up these days for saying you're English. |  |
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| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 16:25 - Sep 18 with 2932 views | gringoblue |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 16:05 - Sep 18 by BlueBadger |
To be fair, you DO get arrested and lock up these days for saying you're English. |
When did this come in? | | | |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 18:35 - Sep 18 with 2842 views | BLUEBEAT |
slap-down trophy runaway innit
boing |  |
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| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 12:59 - Sep 19 with 2588 views | glasso |
| Why have AC Milan got a massive Union Jack flag in the crowd? (n/t) on 16:25 - Sep 18 by gringoblue |
When did this come in? |
It's true. Thrown in jail. Just for saying you're English. These days.
And all mice are gay. |  | | |
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