Re: Flag of England
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 20, 2000, 9:13 |
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At 06:27 19.6.2000 +0100, you wrote:
>No, no - not the flag of St. George, please. (He was a crusader import,
>anyway, usurping the real English patron, St.Edward the Confessor :)
Um. What I meant to say was that English is *not* the native language of
all of the UK, nor *only* of the UK *or* the US. Yet it originated --
developed its distinctive linguistic features -- in *England*. As someone
pointed out elsewhere, the word "English" would be the most preferable.
Hmm, wasn't the symbol of St.Edward the Confessor some fattish bird? I'ld
love to see that on web-pages.
And how did the Georgian ursurpation happen?
/BP
B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melroch@mail.com
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