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r/Nordiccountries • u/Jezzaq94 • 4d ago
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Given that the Danish flag preceeds the English one as a national flag, perhaps the English one should be included as a copycat as well?
16 u/NearbyEquall 4d ago The English flag is not a Nordic Cross 11 u/Bug_Photographer 4d ago Of course. It's a totally different thing. No similarity or common roots whatsoever. -5 u/oceanicArboretum 4d ago It's St. George's cross, not a Nordic cross. The same design is on the flags of Georgia (the country) and Barcelona. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Cross 2 u/Bug_Photographer 4d ago And the first guy to make this thread about "The Nordic Cross" was the guy who got pissed at me. The original post jokes about the similarity - but talk about visual similarity and in no way restrict this to be about Nordic Cross flags.
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The English flag is not a Nordic Cross
11 u/Bug_Photographer 4d ago Of course. It's a totally different thing. No similarity or common roots whatsoever. -5 u/oceanicArboretum 4d ago It's St. George's cross, not a Nordic cross. The same design is on the flags of Georgia (the country) and Barcelona. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Cross 2 u/Bug_Photographer 4d ago And the first guy to make this thread about "The Nordic Cross" was the guy who got pissed at me. The original post jokes about the similarity - but talk about visual similarity and in no way restrict this to be about Nordic Cross flags.
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Of course. It's a totally different thing. No similarity or common roots whatsoever.
-5 u/oceanicArboretum 4d ago It's St. George's cross, not a Nordic cross. The same design is on the flags of Georgia (the country) and Barcelona. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Cross 2 u/Bug_Photographer 4d ago And the first guy to make this thread about "The Nordic Cross" was the guy who got pissed at me. The original post jokes about the similarity - but talk about visual similarity and in no way restrict this to be about Nordic Cross flags.
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It's St. George's cross, not a Nordic cross. The same design is on the flags of Georgia (the country) and Barcelona.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Cross
2 u/Bug_Photographer 4d ago And the first guy to make this thread about "The Nordic Cross" was the guy who got pissed at me. The original post jokes about the similarity - but talk about visual similarity and in no way restrict this to be about Nordic Cross flags.
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And the first guy to make this thread about "The Nordic Cross" was the guy who got pissed at me. The original post jokes about the similarity - but talk about visual similarity and in no way restrict this to be about Nordic Cross flags.
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u/Bug_Photographer 4d ago
Given that the Danish flag preceeds the English one as a national flag, perhaps the English one should be included as a copycat as well?