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<b>L O W L A N D S - L - 26 July 2010 - Volume 02<br>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
<span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Michael Everson</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:everson@evertype.com">everson@evertype.com</a>></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L
"Vexillology" 2010.07.25 (03) [EN]</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">On 25 Jul 2010, at 23:54,
Lowlands-L List wrote:<br>
<br>
> I do see however why some people feel a need for 1 flag for all. So how
about this: we take the age old Saxon symbol of the white horse upon the red
field, but for everybody who wants to be different (like the East Frisians),
they add a little something to it.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">That's why I suggested a red
horse on a white field.<br>
<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br>
Michael Everson * <a href="http://www.evertype.com/" target="_blank">http://www.evertype.com/</a></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
<span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(91, 16, 148);">Jonny</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:jonny.meibohm@arcor.de">jonny.meibohm@arcor.de</a>></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="FR"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gi">LL-L
"Vexillology" 2010.07.25 (03) [EN]</span></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Dear Lowlanners,</p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">after these sheer
endless but interesting discussions about a Lowlandic flag seem to ebb away I
at last would try to put in my two cents.</p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">I very much like the
blueprint which Ron made, too, but some of us are missing a symbol in addition.
As I've written earlier I should not appreciate the Saxon horse for some
reasons, and a cross, maybe even the nordic type, seems to be a problem as
well.</p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">So what's about the
idea of the NATO-symbol as you might view here:</p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO" target="_blank">http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO</a></p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">A cross looking like
a star - or a star looking like a cross, in some aspect like a wind rose. It
might be able to express a lot of symbolism: "cross" for the common
occidential culture, "wind rose" for the common foretime as seafarers,
"star" standing for<em> </em>globalism<em>, 'universalism (pun intended!)'</em>,
for the spreading of Lowlandic languages and ideas out into many parts of the
world.</p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">I think it could not
offend anyone or any group.</p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">(BTW: I don't mean
to adopt the NATO symbol in its original shape but something similar to it.)</p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Regards!</p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Jonny Meibohm</p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Lower </span>Saxony, Germany</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject:
Vexillology<br>
<br>
Further in this persistent thread ...</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">I had “submitted” this Lowlands flag design:<br>
<a href="http://www.lowlands-l.net/treasures/ll-flag01.jpg">http://www.lowlands-l.net/treasures/ll-flag01.jpg</a><br>
<br>
To go with Sandy, some of you “got it,” others apparently did not.<br>
<br>
In the meantime I have experimented with additional symbols (as did Sandy), including the Sami-type
circle Uwe pointed out (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_flag" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_flag</a>). However, I find that
all of these additions put the flag design over the top ("gild the lily," so to speak ...).<br>
<br>
Also, I noticed that a couple of you are still confusing two purposes:<br>
(1) a (general) Lowlands flag<br>
(2) a (Low) Saxon flag<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Reinhard/Ron<br>
Seattle, USA</p>
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