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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: The British flag
Message-ID: <860@ihuxq.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Apr-84 00:14:52 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 20 00:14:52 1984
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>> Does anyone out there know how the name of the British flag, the 'Union
>> Jack' came about? I know about the design (amalgamation of the crosses of
>> St. George, Scotland and Wales), but what about the name?

And for us Yanks, what about the history?  Whose cross (the red "X")
was superimposed in the early 19th century, and why?
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