LL-L "Vexillology" 2010.07.19 (01) [EN-NDS]

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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Vexillology" 2010.07.17 (03) [EN]



> From:  M.-L. Lessing <marless at gmx.de>
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> Subject: LL-L "Vexillology" 2010.07.17 (01) [EN]

> On the contrary, it inspires all the sounds of the wind and smells of
> the not-so-far sea... A Lowlands portrait in three stripes. Keep it.

Wow, you're thinking of it as grass, sand and sea, while I was thinking
of grass, crops (or whins/gorse/broom) and sky!

Great, a flag that people can debate endlessly  :)

Sandy Fleming
http://scotstext.org/


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From: Uwe Tychsen <tychsen at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Vexillology" 2010.07.18 (02) [EN]



Ik denk, de Kreis is ein gaud Symbol, uk för dat miteinanner vun de
plattsnackers in alle länner. De Samis hebbt sik 1986 ein hel ni flag gäben:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_flag
De fin'n ik wunnerschön.
Daar möt düchdige Grafikers ran, denn find wi uk wat gaudes.
Streifen un Krüzen schullen wi ne bruken.
*Daar mut wat niges her.*

Uwe



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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Vexillology" 2010.07.18 (02) [EN]



They definitely used to be.  I distinctly remember it having just a circle
of 10 stars after the first expansion in 1973.



Paul



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From: Helge Tietz <helgetietz at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Vexillology" 2010.07.09 (06) [EN-NDS]



Moin leeve Luet!

Mi duecht ok dat een nordisch kruez ni so recht passt un ok dat christlike
daarbin is ni recht meer vun duesse tid, so as Reinhard all seggt. Ik dink
ok dat nedersassische peerd representert best de sassisch snakkenden landen,
liggers dat foer Mekelnborg, Brandenborg  un ok Sleswig-Holsten wedher een
beten anders liggt. Tomindst find wi dat peerd in Nedersassen, Westfalen un
ok de football club FC Twente Enschede haett dat as sin symbol.

Groeten

Helge



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From: Henry Pijffers <henry.pijffers at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Vexillology" 2010.07.09 (06) [EN-NDS]



Ron skreev:



Yes, there are numerous flags with religious symbolism throughout Eurasia
and Northern Africa, and in many cases the message is intended even
nowadays.



And recognised as such. A cross or any other religious symbol is just not a
good for a flag in my opinion. Where I"m from, we had Saxon speaking muslims
(if all the kids speak Saxon, what do you do...). I'm sure they would take
offence.

About the black vs. white horse theory (which is all that it is really),
here's another: maybe Saxons normally used a white horse during peace time,
and only used a black horse during war time. Since Widukind was some kind of
chosen war leader, it would be logical then that he used the black horse
personally. Then when things settled down in Saxony post-Charlemagne, they
would use the white horse again. Not because it would be a christian symbol,
but just a peace symbol. But like I said, just a little theory.

good gaon,
Henry Pijffers







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