Thanks you very much and thta is just what I was looking for, again many
Thanks "FT"
----- Original Message -----
From: Kai M. Radicke <kradick1@ic3.ithaca.edu>
To: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: union-jack
>
> > Listers, why is the Brit flag called a = Union-Jack =, I had this asked
of
> > me this a.m. and had no answer, but, sure would like to know. "FT"
>
> Definition: Jack
>
> 10. (Naut.) (a) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly,
usually
> hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack.
The
> American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State. (b) A bar
of
> iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and
> give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree. --R. H.
> Dana, Jr.
>
> Definition: Union Jack
>
> union jack n : national flag of the United Kingdom; a composite of Saint
> George's Cross (England) and Saint Andrew's Cross (Scotland) and Saint
> Patrick's Cross (Ireland) [syn: Union Jack, Union flag]
>
> (images: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/9945/flags.html )
>
> Act of Union (Eng. Hist.), the act by which Scotland was united to
England,
> or by which the two kingdoms were incorporated into one, in 1707.
>
> Got it? :-)
>
> --
> Kai M. Radicke -- kradick1@ic3.ithaca.edu
> 1974 Triumph TR6 the MGC ass kicker
>
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