>> >>IIRC the union flag is only ever called a union jack when being flown from
>> a jackstaff
>> A ridiculous and modern obsession, frequently an affectation by the pompous. Present company entirely excluded.
>> In the 19th Century it was freely called either. So that's what I'm going with.
Perhaps, in the 19th Century they couldn't of bothered about being correct? ;>)
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