Dennis Berman wrote:
>
> Can some one explain how I can identify if the British flag is
> waving properly?
>
Dennis,
As one who has had to put up with this little aberration in the top left
hand corner of his country's flag for far too long (ooops, this isn't
the Republican list, is it...), I was going to go into a detailed
explanation of the elements of the Union Jack and therefore how you
could tell whether it wass upside down or not... but then thought...
"how boring", so...
If in doubt, ask a vexillologist
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http://www.vexillologist.com/library/pages/etiquette_on_land.html
1. Don't fly the flag upside down!
What determines the right way up is the width of the upper white saltire
in the upper hoist.
When the flag is the right way up this white band is a wide one, and so
is the on the lower saltire.
When the flag is upside down the upper band is a narrow one.
The above is true so long as the view we have of the flag is the
obverse, i.e with the hoist on the viewer's left. If the view is of the
reverse, with the hoist on the observer's right, the opposite is true,
because the reverse is a mirror-image of the obverse.
Reverse view, right way up, with broad white band uppermost on hoist
side.
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There you go... clear as a foggy morning on the Thames :-)
Eric
'68MGB MkII
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