Oh, and another
Aug. 25th, 2012 06:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desperanceI have been inconsistent. *hands head in shame*
In mid-sentence, I have both "Union Flag" and "Union flag", to describe the Steampunk!Mars variant* on that thing most commonly called the Union Jack. When I turned to Wikipedia, its article on the subject merrily has Union Flag and Union flag and union flag quite indiscriminately. What do we think, people? Does the flag merit its own capital, or does that belong strictly to the Union? Or should I hang pedantry and call it the Union Jack (which I think always has both capitals) regardless of absence of seagoing vessels in this tale?
In other related news, I learned a word today. Vexillology: the study of flags. A contemporary coinage, but not exactly new; indeed, it first appeared in print at the same time that I did, in 1959 (if we count a birth certificate; I've no idea if there was an announcement in the paper that I had arrived).
*Wittily, it has a red border. So that the imperial colours are red, red, white and blue.
In mid-sentence, I have both "Union Flag" and "Union flag", to describe the Steampunk!Mars variant* on that thing most commonly called the Union Jack. When I turned to Wikipedia, its article on the subject merrily has Union Flag and Union flag and union flag quite indiscriminately. What do we think, people? Does the flag merit its own capital, or does that belong strictly to the Union? Or should I hang pedantry and call it the Union Jack (which I think always has both capitals) regardless of absence of seagoing vessels in this tale?
In other related news, I learned a word today. Vexillology: the study of flags. A contemporary coinage, but not exactly new; indeed, it first appeared in print at the same time that I did, in 1959 (if we count a birth certificate; I've no idea if there was an announcement in the paper that I had arrived).
*Wittily, it has a red border. So that the imperial colours are red, red, white and blue.