Crossofstgeorge Debate

tyke · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 22:25 pm Post subject: Enjoy England

Enjoy England website has the UJ on it instead of the COSG. Same applies to their foreign links, they show the UJ as the English flag. Hold your mouse over it, it says England

http://www.enjoyengland.com/

Please take a moment to tell them their "mistake" -

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wonkotsane · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 22:41 pm Post subject:

Tyke, they're part of Visit Britain. Enough said?
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drfc6 · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 01:33 am Post subject:

I fairness to them they are not claiming it as the flag of England.

They are using, as many do, the UK flag to represent the English language.

This is an area that we perhaps need to campaign for more - if you want to represent the English language, use the English flag to do it, not the UK flag.

wonkotsane · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 08:37 am Post subject:

If it wasn't a website "dedicated" to England then I could accept it but it's not appropriate on a website promoting England.
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tyke · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:08 am Post subject:

Christopher1986 · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 01:09 am Post subject:

well said tyke. They wouldn't and if they did there would probably be hell up.

They are still using the union flag for the English language, least its not the stars and stripes flag which i have seen some websites using for the English language.

I'm glad to see that they dont use the original "regions" mapped out by john prescott.

drfc6 · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 07:52 am Post subject:

tyke · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 09:49 am Post subject:

Oh, bollocks! Don't you just hate it when someone comes along and proves you wrong? Laughing

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wonkotsane · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 13:31 pm Post subject:

Ah, but, a Scottish flag would surely represent Scots Gaelic the same as the Welsh flag would represent Welsh Celtic. You can still wriggle your way out of this Tyke, don't give up. Laughing

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Northumbrian · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 18:40 pm Post subject:

But surely an English flag is the correct one to use for the English language, because it should refer to the state of origin

eg. Japanese = Japan
Italian = Italy
German = Germany (not Austria)
French = France (not Ivory Coast etc.)
Spanish = Spain (not Argentina etc.)

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Northumbrian · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 22:09 pm Post subject:

Eh? The name English comes from England. Otherwise the language we're speaking now would be British.

Johnny English is my Dad · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 14:24 pm Post subject:

Am I missing something - I have been on and can not see the UJ - Have they taken it off because of your complaints - On the home page they have the French, Italian, German and Dutch flags but I can not see (via the link provided) any UJ.

By the way - The replacing of the CoSG with the UJ is a big deal and we should complain at every oppotunity.
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wonkotsane · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 14:50 pm Post subject:

Yep, when I complained they took it off completely.
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