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Re: Conlang flag design; comments and proposals

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Monday, September 6, 2004, 6:40
 --- Adrian Morgan skrzypszy:

> In the next update, I'll at least add the version with the Tower. > The others I will add if they are seconded by anyone. You seem to > be pretty much alone in believing that it's appropriate to have > words on a flag, and the problem with the plain star is that it's > equally applicable to *any* endeavour involving brilliant > creativity, as it has no language-specific content.
You did the right thing; I withdraw my first three proposals and will stick to the Babel Tower. Remember that this flag is only a rough draft, because I lack both the skills and the tools to come up with anything better. Given the opposition to the star, I would like to add an alternative possibility too: <http://www.geocities.com/wenedyk/conlang5.bmp> . It sort of a compromise: Christian's basic layout and colour scheme, David's hieroglyph, and my own Babel tower. It is a very rough drawing, done in ten minutes with minimal tools. --- Jeffrey Henning skrzypszy:
> Again, for me the source of the story in religion is no more > important than the fact that Christian Thalmann's first name > derives from Christianity or that Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and > Friday derive their names from Norse gods. An interesting history > but not something that has to exclude atheists, agnostics, > pantheists, etc.
Yes, I entirely agree. Myself, I'm no more religious than my shoes, but let's face it: religious is an excellent provider of symbols, and our society is soaked with them anyway. --- Barry Garcia skrzypszy:
> I'm beginning to think that there won't be a group consensus on any > of the designs. Some think some of the flags are too "cartoonish", > some hate the colors, some don't like the symbolism, and others > think the flags look too "national". I'm pretty sure that some will
> refuse to accept that as the "conlang flag" (and no, i am *not* > saying this out of spite or bitterness, it's just from what i've > been observing)
I'll follow anything the majority decides for. And don't misunderstand me: I like *all* the flags that have been proposed thus far. Yours too! If you'd have proposed it as some IB flag, I'd be the first to stand cheering and applauding; but for a conlang flag, my opinion is indeed that it looks too national. --- Roger Mills skrzypszy:
> Here are some designs that my friend Matt B. and I came up with:
> [...] http://cinduworld.tripod.com/conlangflag2.jpg [...]
I particularly like #2, although it is a bit dark. I would suggest one half purple and the other half bordeaux red instead. --- Leland Paul skrzypszy:
> OK, despite the fact that I'm primarily a lurker on this list, I > figure I may as well submit my idea. > > http://lee.kusmer.com/sunbabel.png
I quite like this flag! I would, however, strongly consider substituting the red colour with gold or yellow to make it less dark. Jan ===== "If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito." Relay 10/R - schedule: <http://steen.free.fr/relay10/schedule.html> - rules: <http://steen.free.fr/relay10/intro.html> ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com