Which of these Union Jacks is correct?

[Archibald Nixon]

Don't be a pussy & google it --just look at 'em carefully, make your call & vote.

And yes, there's a story behind this.hprolleyes:

 

[Loktar]

Top?

 

[SAUSAGEMAN]

Neither: it's this one.

 

[Further]

The bottom one is more symmetrical, I like it better.

 

[Dr Dave]

I went with the top, but I am not completely sure.

 

[eloisel]

I went with the top because I recall thinking everytime I see the Union Jack that it is off

 

[Dirk Funk]

Top. Why?

 

[Gagh]

Top one. The more symmetrical version just looks completely wrong.


Heraldic convention tells you why:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/geography/unionjack4.html

 

[CaptainWacky]

The one with the cum stains on it.

 

[eloisel]

Top one. The more symmetrical version just looks completely wrong.


Heraldic convention tells you why:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/geography/unionjack4.html

That's interesting. I figured there was a reason why it looks the way it does. It just looks odd to me because I don't see it that often.

 

[Archibald Nixon]

Top one, yep. This all started when a display at my place of work had the bottom flag, hand-sewn, as a prominent part of it. Flags have long been a hobby of mine, so I noticed immediately what was wrong --it's such an easy mistake to make that I wouldn't have even mentioned it, except that the display in question was supposed to have a fair degree of historical merit/accuracy. If I noticed it, any Brit certainly would. They might not give a shit, but if I noticed a similar type of thing with a US flag that was missing a stripe or a few stars, I'd at the very least would make a mental note of it, and the note would say "weaksauce". Plus, for every hundred people who noticed & didn't care, you know there'd be one who would, and would say something (and this being NYC, probably loud and obnoxiously) So, trying not to be too much of a noodge, I told the display's creator about it, he checked for himself and fixed it a day or two later.

 

[curiousa2z]

I'll never understand heraldry. but it's interesting.

 

[headvoid]

i was a boy scout. We were teabagged if we didn't know the answer.

 

[Conchaga]

Yeah, and the proper way of disposing of an old flag is to BURN it. So, I don't get why all these Americans are up in arms about flag burning. WE TEACH IT TO YOUNG PEOPLE! All these protesters are simply disposing of our flag incorrectly.