Identifying more mysterious flags (submitted by YOU!)
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 4. 09. 2020
- I investigate a bunch more mysterious flags submitted by you guys. This week, we look at flags from Africa, Europe, and the Mideast, as well as some flags of international activist movements. How many do YOU know?
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Flag found! It appears to be that of West Chester, PA, a city near Philly.
Took less than 30 minutes!! Congrats!! flag mystery: SOLVED
J.J. McCullough donât mean to brag, but I technically found it first
@@SeanA099 I love all my children equally.
I thought it would be a city flag, I went looking on the Wikipedia page of US city flags but gave up halfway through lol
Epic channel
"it is just a made up flag for planet Earth"
Good old J.J. suggesting that other flags are not made up
If we want to get technical all flags are made up
@@seamusmckeon9109 Yes.
@@seamusmckeon9109 Flags are also typically made up using cloth, fabric, paper, and/or ink.
Well the other flags are official
Well all flags were at some point "made up" technically, but this "E" flag was never one that gained widespread use.
I love how JJ says âveganâ, reminds me of me when I didnât know English
Sounds right to me. Vegans are people who come from Vega, right?
My mother is a California Native. Why does she say it like that?
@IanBoi211 i think thatâs just apart of JJs little personality quirks lol
also the word "ensignâ
4:55 "and this would be what the smoking children of America would then wrongly learn was the flag of Finland." That line killed me! lol
Great video! always fun to see a new flag mystery!
It probably killed the children too
@@caiselohare4938 sheeeeesh
Hopefully this video doesn't get flagged by CZcams
Thankfully, this video isn't too controversial! After all, even a foolish CZcams drone can tell this video is perfectly harmless.
Whooosh
@@VAArrow Is it windy? I have heard this is the expression for when one missed sarcasm and irony. Was Iain being sarcastic? If so, I am sorry for missing the joke, especially since these flags are harmless, even by the standards of CZcams's drones, which apparently break CZcams's own guidelines (I have heard many history CZcamsrs criticize the drones for forgetting that history videos follow CZcams's guidelines). If I am getting this Google search for "Whoosh" right, thanks, VAArrow! I am not a Reddit user.
â@@Hand-in-Shot_Productions The sound is supposed to imply that a "joke" (or sarcasm or irony) has flown over the head of someone at high speed, as if it were a physical object. The subject has therefore failed to catch or intercept the humor, i.e. they didn't "get it." The usage definitely predates Reddit. And the World Wide Web. Perhaps far earlier than that.
@@LiveFreeOrDieDH I didn't know the symbolism of "Whoosh", nor that it's more than some Reddit thing! Now I got the joke! Apparently, "Whoosh" has whooshed over my head for a long time, which is a very fitting self-example of "Whoosh". Thanks, Dennis! Now, I can appreciate another part of English slang the next time a joke flies like an airplane: over my head, and making a "Whoosh" sound in the meantime! I guess the Reddit page is just a page full of jokes flying over people's heads.
JJ, your channel is so wholesome and full of good vibes. Even when talking about controversial issues, your positivity shines through. If I could subscribe twice I would, since your content is that uplifting
Tim Schill thank you my friend! Thereâs enough darkness in the world.
@J.J. McCullough Great video. But you lost the game...
Yes, he's definetly my favorite CZcamsr!
Yeah, I wish I could manage JJ's level of consistent positivity
J.J. McCullough More than enough...
Hello JJ, I was the one who asked about the E flag! Thank you for solving my mystery! Very happy my mind can now rest about it! Haha
Caduceus is not the symbol of medicine! The actual symbol is the Rod of Asclepius. Both are similar and there's often confusion.
Yep, Asclepius being the god of medicine with one snake around his staff while Caduceus (with wings and two snakes) belonging to Hermes, god of many things, including travellers and merchants - thus the symbolism
You can pass this message to medical organizations that kept using the Caduceus on their symbols, which helped create the confusion in the first place. They should have followed the World Health Organization, which correctly uses the Rod of Asclepius on their logo.
Yes, I was going to comment the same.
One snake v. two snakes
So pleased to see this! Was going to make the same point.
Rod of Asclepius: â associated with Asclepius, a Greek god of healing.
Caduceus: †associated with Hermes, messenger of the gods.
This is the closest i can get to âfun with flags by Dr Sheldon Cooperâ
JJ the hair looks good! :) like a lionâs mane đŠ
You can just call it mullet mate
Rawr
He needs to thin it out. Just my opinion
He's slowly but surely turning into an older Finn Wolfhard (Fitting too since both are from Vancouver)
@Enacoid 1203 not a mullet, mullets are âbusiness in the front, party in the backâ but this one is good vibes all around
I need to know more about these smoking children creating quilts.
One day I want to make up my own flag that stands for nothing and fly it to confuse people
Careful though, lest someone claim your meaningless flag as the right one for their flag-less cause
Just like the climate change guy?
when i fly my micronation flag ill put a flag next to it explaining what it is so noone gets confused
@@aaa69200 ...in wingdings font
I bet you someone did just that as an April Fools prank back in the very early days of the internet.
I think I recognize the "E" flag, it appears on multiple, usually older, LEGO products as "generic shipping/mail company".
i solve it american export lines merchant flag
J.J One of these days youâve got to do a collab with Geography Now!
I second this
@@makotopark7741 h
He should do a filler week video about Canada with JJ
oh i wish that would happen
You should do a video on the Mississippi flag competition
Thereâs also a flag referendum for QuĂ©becâs English-speaking community.
The new state flag of Mississippi is ugly in my opinion. Not as bad as the old one but still bad.
The other flag put more effort into the shield than the background.
In Iraq we have a lot of ethnic minorities and they have a lot of flags for themselves like kurds, turkemens, chaldeans, assyrians, yazidis, shabaks etc.
South African Police flag looks like the flag of Nauru if they were colonised by South Africa
Èi aici te gÄsesc?
Thank you J.J. for solving my flag mystery !
Stark Industries my flag was the south african police service flag
4:08 By the Grace of God, We, NN, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias, Moscow, Kiev, Vladimir, Novgorod; Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan, Tsar of Poland, Tsar of Siberia, Tsar of Chersonese Taurian, Tsar of Georgia; Lord of Pskov and Grand Prince of Smolensk, Lithuania, Volhynia, Podolia, Finland; Prince of Estland, Livland, Courland, Semigalia, Samogitia, Belostok, Karelia, Tver, Yugorsky land, Perm, Vyatka, Bolgar and others; Lord and Grand Prince of Nizhny Novgorod, Chernigov, Ryazan, Polotsk, Rostov, Yaroslavl, Belozersk, Udorsky land, Obdorsk, Kondia, Vitebsk, Mstislav, and all of the northern countries Master; and Lord of Iberia, Kartli, and Kabardia lands and Armenian provinces; hereditary Sovereign and ruler of the Circassian and Mountainous Princes and of others; Lord of Turkestan; Heir of Norway; Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Stormarn, Dithmarschen, and Oldenburg, and others, and others, and others.
And now heâs dead
J.J. McCullough Spoilers, please!
pretty humble guy
@@JJMcCullough but we still kind of remember him, legacy!
servant of soros he has more titles in the first two lines than fc Tottenham hotspur had won in its entire history
I like JJâs quarantine hairstyle
Is full quarantine still a thing in Canada? Even in Germany, a country with many regulations (in general and CCP virus related), we can easily and safely get to the barber.
BallHeadFreak weâre about the same here in Canada (as far as Iâm aware) but it feels like weâre slowly crawling back into full quarantine mode
@ammonium phosphate sorry about that, it probably has to do with your country unfortunately living right next to the plague ship that is the USA right now....
I know itâs stupid but would you use the word âvexedâ the next time you have trouble with a flag? If not thatâs fine, I still enjoy your videos
Why?
@@TP-mv6en Because vexillology is the study of flags and I thought it would be funny for JJ to use the word vexed when he's puzzled by a flag. Like I mentioned, it's stupid.
Very clever.
Sometimes JJ's Pronunciation worries me
"Vay-gen" lol
Ikr
He just wants to see the world burn
@@joshuataylor3550 im pretty sure he's right with pronouncing it "en-sin". "en-sign" does seem pretty common, though, but still inaccurate, as far as i know.
@@cosmicostrich3657 at least it's not as bad as PM Boris Johnson's pronunciation. "Vee-GAN"
Loving this channel. You're exactly the kind of person I'd be happy to meet at a bar and spend 6 hours discussing this sort of stuff with. Pretty sure my dad would, too.
JJ, I found this video so intellectually satisfying. All the talk about flags really hit home.
JJ, there is nobody else like you on CZcams. You fill a hole in my life you wonderful gem of a man. You're content is unmatched and you're an absolute king đ€Ž
9:40 I'm swedish and none of those dots should be over the letters there.
Looool
SÄg det dÀr ocksÄ, tog lite sjukt! :D
I looked up his name to see if he actually had those but I think it's just making fun of how Swedish has dots over letters! Ethnic
@@frosty_brandon Eh it would be dumb cus we don't even have an "Ă«" in our vocabulary. I mean look at that fuckin letter it's an abomination
@@mirurbin Ja, va fan Àr den hÀr bokstaven: "ë"??
11:57 I'd say the colors are quite simple in symbolism: yellow for the sun, white for the sky, blue for the sea, and green for the forests.
And the light blue circle symbolizes someone doing your mom.
Damn I think those cigarette silks are really cool, if they were still around today I would smoke for sure. ... wait.
I know right?? Which is probably why they were banned. Itâs not good to have something so bad also be associated with so many nice things, from the camel to the goodies, all things that entice those who wouldnât into those who would
Izaya Orihara as an ex-smoker, I say who cares, let people smoke if they want to smoke, everyone knows how bad it is for you in the west, if someone decides âsilksâ are worth the risk of smoking, who are we to stop them? Sure you can have rules about not smoking everywhere in public, but I donât see a problem if they are adults at home. We let people sign up to go to war at 18, how can cigarettes really be that much worse. We have birthday cake vodka, and alcohol that comes with novelty items, why canât we have birthday cake cigarettes and âsilksâ? If you are worried about children seeing them then require they only he sold in tobacco stores, like liquor is only sold in liquor stores where I live. Make it require you to be 18 to enter, like weed dispensaries in legal states require you to be 21 to even enter (should be 18 if you ask me but whatever better than it being illegal) donât just ban it. I doubt most people who smoke do so for little goodies anyway, when I started smoking I did it because I thought it would feel good, and it did, thatâs what draws most smokers. My first cigarette tasted awful, but did that stop me? No I smoked for like 7 years before I quit.
Izaya Orihara just educate children honestly about the risks of smoking and they wonât do it. Thatâs the best defense against smoking. Donât just fear monger either, be purely fact based. Give them enough evidence to choose on their own to not smoke when they get older. Some will smoke anyway but thatâs human nature, drugs have always been with humans and always will be, nothing you can do about it except try to reduce harm, in that light we could point people to safer alternatives to cigarettes. But prohibition itself doesnât work, Australia is having a mess from its soft prohibition through extreme taxes, black market tobacco is growing, illegal tobacco is more dangerous than regular tobacco and is easier to access by teenagers.
Nah Iâd just buy the packets and collect the silks without smoking
Guy hangs his towel up to dry on a beach.
J.J. McCullough
: "People! We must find out what this flag means no matter what!"
I always enjoy these videos because I know at some point Iâm going to learn something new and indeed I did. I learned thereâs a flag for climate change, that thereâs a former earth novelty flag, and about things sold with cigarettes to encourage consumers to purchase them (kinda like Cracker Jack still does). I have vegan friends so was aware of that flag. I think Iâm going to start pronouncing it like you as that actually makes logical sense: vegan comes from vegetarian which comes from vegetable and the first âeâ in the latter two are not pronounced as a long âeâ sound, yet the word vegan gets pronounced with a long âeâ sound. Iâm quite lucky that my vegan friends arenât so in your face about it, but I have heard them complain about such vegans they themselves have encountered.
Great video!
FINALLY SOME GUD EFFIN CONTENT ive been waiting for your new video for so long its been a long week
This is the series that made me subscribe. So happy to have it back!
At 8:27 that flag is not a flag used to represent earth, but was rather used by the company, " American Export Lines ". They were an American shipping line from 1919, to 1977. They used this flag in the 60s.
âVirtue signalling goodie goodieâ đđ
I just got randomly suggested your channel and wow im hooked on these flag videos! Awesome research man!!!!! Earned my sub
Oh, damn! I wasn't expecting to hear Spruce Grove, Alberta in this video. :) I live in Edmonton, Alberta, very nearby! Love your videos. You've learned a TON about flags! It never seems to end.
2:51 Found it. The flag of "Poland" was the *NAVAL ENSIGN* of Congress Poland.
Finally, how long as it been sconce the last one,
I thought this was a new segment.
Not the segment, Iâm saying itâs been awhile since the last mystery flags video
These are by far my favorite of your videos.
Great video keep up the great work JJ
The caduceus was associated with Hermes, the Greek god of roads, and travellers and the messenger of the gods. However, there was another staff which had one snake instead of two. This staff was used by Asclepius, son of Apollo, and god of Medicine. At some point they got mixed up and thus, the Caduceus standing for medicine
About the Finnish flag: as far as I can find, the Grand Duchy of Finland didn't have an official flag. As a result, when Finland took part in the 1908 and 1912 Olympics with their own team separate from Russia, Finnish athletes still used the Russian flag when competing. That being said, there were some unofficial flags which were used in different situations, which usually included the Russian flag in some form.
The lion flag you showed in this video was actually used briefly as the national flag in early days of independence, before the current flag was officially adopted. The flag is basically the Finnish coat of arms turned into a flag. The lion itself is based on a similar design from 16th century Sweden. A version of the lion standing on three legs was used as the coat of arms of Finland during Russian rule and was even included in the Russian coat of arms during that time.
As a side note, versions of the current blue cross flag were first used by yacht clubs during the 1860's.
Finland did unofficially use red and yellow cross flag at one point as well.
@@sarasamaletdin4574 the red and yellow cross flag is the unofficial flag for Finland's Swedish speaking minority. A similar flag is also used for the Swedish region of Scania
Thanks đ„đ„ for another Interesting video, The E on the simple globe is a logo I originally used on my business cards, as an ESL/EFL teacher working overseas. On my second batch of cards I replaced it with ESL on a more oblate spheroid. Whenever I spotted one of the many language schools or travel agencies with a similar logo I modified it or changed it completely.
Your flag videos are some of my favorites
The Flagspert is back!!!
Amazing!!! I love Flags! The Brazilian one is beautiful!!!
Love you J J
awesome video
I always love saying "flag mystery, SOLVED!!" along with JJ whenever he says it. I love these videos. I love vexillology and JJ is one of my favorite of a few creators on youtube, and we LOVE HIM
New Jersey had a Swedish colony way back and the flag looks Swedish inspired
Delaware
Luke Toussaint ah you Are correct my mistake
Delaware, not NJ
@@mattswaggy7804 it did actually go into parts of south west new jersey. The whole colony sort of stradled what is now the border between Deleware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Last time I was this early, Erdogan wasn't elected as president.
You just lost the game. Read my comment for an explanation.
feelsbadman :(
@Kristian Kalinkina He is an elected official
But he abuses his powers from time to time
His popularity is sinking though
Soon enough he might lose
@Kristian Kalinkina yes and no, it is a complicated situation
@@wdwuccnxcnh7022 jokes on you, I lost the game ages ago.
love your stuff
Great video as always my guy
(9:20) Ah, E for earth, the most universal name.
Not like every language has its own word for earth.
âI know Iâm pronouncing vegan wrongâ
Proceeds to continue pronouncing it wrong
Love these videos
your videos make excellent homeschooling material! fun and educational...cool to see the mystery flag resolved (the crowdsourcing experiment amongst fellow JJ McCullough fan/geography/flag/Canadiana geeks).
9:00 i mean it's pretty obvious.
Its the flag of the Rhythm Nation.
Ya know, *the thing we're all apart of??*
11:28 Yeah, that was my first impulse as well. It seemed like it was maybe one of those sexual and gender identity flags. Cool video!
These flag videos are so cool and I have no idea why.
Wonderful video!
If nothing positive at all ever comes of this Covid 19 mess, at least we can thank it for JJâs hair!
"Now, much like our troubled planet, the climate change flag is really catching fire"
I snorted out my water
I love your videos! You are my favorite YTer. Schöne GrĂŒĂe aus Deutschland :)
this is the best series on youtube
I'm surprised I made it this early to a J.J. video. And it's a flag video!
13:15 South park fans, you all know what's the first thing that came to my mind
This might be my favourite ongoing series by any CZcamsr.
J.J - you need a TV show. If you got a TV show - I'd pay 10x more to watch that than something like Game of Thrones.
What would it be like?? I would love to have a show like Anthony Bourdain where I go around the world and see stuff.
@@JJMcCullough That would really suit you. We need a channel like that for Canada or anything. I think that if you had a TV show like that - you should include your segment where you review souvenirs from the country - it would be sacrilege without it (JK). I also had way too many video ideas if you ever run out:
1) The very obscure fringe parties of Canada or the fringe parties of the U.S (so many)
2) More mysterious flag videos (I loved that series)
3) Explaining the capital cities of each province (I've only been to Vancouver, very beautiful city)
4) Ranking all Prime Ministers of Canada by any means like accomplishments, or what they are known for
5) Making a history video of your channel
6) A video where you react or share some funny comments
7) Crazy stories which have occurred to you in or out of Canada
8) What Canadian stereotypes are true and not true (I'm Canadian but barely)
9) What to know or what to do if visiting Vancouver or just any city in Canada
10) Rating Canadian city flags (I know there are some really good ones, like Toronto, and some bad ones like Halifax)
11) Rating international flags
12) Giving your opinions or thoughts on people from each province of Canada, or even territory (I had a neighbor from the Yukon for a month oddly enough - even though I live in California)
4:15 I can't be the only one who looked down at their phone.
Never heard someone mispronounce the name Lincoln before. Congrats!
You should make a video about parliament buildings and seat arrangements in different legislatures around the world. I think that'd be an interesting topic and I'd love to see you explain it!
I love these videos
10:23 that flag kinda looks like the Vicarious Visions logo
the Poland flag at 2:10 is actually the flag of when Poland and Russia were in a personal union
Hey JJ, Iâm a real big fan of your content. I feel like a good video idea would be the most famous/stereotypical music piece to come out of different countries around the world. Seems right up your alley
Thatâs a good idea! The only problem is youtube makes it impossible to make music based videos
J.J. McCullough man that sucks. Whatever, Iâm sure Iâll like whatever youâve got in the pipes right now. Keep up the good work!
Good job!
12:51
I think JJ has something against people from Quebec...
Ya think???
You have very charming personality jj , it's really fun to watch your videos even if it's sth I don't particularly care about , like flags . But you just make it too fun to watch. Love from india .,đźđł
Wow, always fascinated with your videos!
and here's a link to a flag that I don't know what is : czcams.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/video.html
Nerviges Kind thats a rickroll, i memorized the link B')))
@Tlontb, the NB Ukrainian Army Ball haha
It's always a good day when JJ uploads.
If it wasnât next to the American flag I would say it could be the flag of Boca Juniors , the most famous football team here in Argentina
J.J, I recently noticed started following Youtooz, does this mean J.J Youtooz?
Keir Hardie I wish
New jj video!
Love the use of Oil Ocean Zones track 0:27
January 1st, 1972 is when Syria's yelp rating went from 3 stars to 2.
the canada boi is back, gotta watch
edit: also i may move to bc, do you have advice or smth?
Can we all just appreciate that the flag at 7:49 is a flag, which contains a flag, which contains 3 flags, one of which contains another flag?
Can you do a video about the Canadian Conscription Crisis ? Very Good Content .
Why dont you create a separate channel called fun with flags like sheldon cooper?
Hello Friends-JJ
I had never seen anything like this channel I stumbled apon another Canadian utuber and a week later I found n u
Hello from TN đșđž I just saw a Jimmy John's ad right before this video đ how fitting.
Hi JJ, you just lost the game.
The gameâs rules are pretty simple:
1) If you think about the game you lose the game.
2) The only way to win the game is to never discover the game.
3)The game only ends when the queen of England publicly acknowledges the game .
By reading this comment, you thought about the game. Thus, you lose.
Edit: Great video as usual!
Bruuuh sounds like a pretty crappy game. My favorite game is Connect Four.
@@JJMcCullough you remind me an awful lot of Sheldon coopers fun with flagsđ
@J.J. McCullough
Iâm on a mission to introduce as many of my favorite CZcamsrs as possible to the game. So fare Iâve indoctrinated Daily Dose of internet, CoreAGaming, Bestdressed, Sive (Pewdiepieâs editor), ArpiPark, XqC and now you!
I do this because I like to know that Iâm occupying space in someoneâs mind. Even if you say itâs stupid, youâll probably find yourself thinking about and âlosingâ the game at random points of your day. The âgameâ is more of a mind parasite than a game.
Enjoy your day bro!
Edit: By the way, since youâre reading this comment. I know you thought about the game. You lost once again đ
Bruuuh guarantee you I will forget about this like ten seconds after you read this
@J.J. McCullough
The game is far too infectious to simply be forgotten. You. Will. Remember.
Edit: You just lost for the third time today JJ, Iâm honestly disappointed...
Iâve never heard âveganâ pronounced that way. Is it just you who does that or do other people in your area as well?
I also used to mispronounce it that way. This is perhaps because someone from Las Vegas is a Las Vegan or alternately a Vegan. Also pertaining to the star Vega.
That's how I assumed it based on reading. Of course there is a joke how do you know if someone is a vegan don't worry they'll tell you. But if you do you would know how it is pronounced. I also think this is not a joke that resonates with me well because occasionally meet vegans who talk a lot about it, but for the most part I'm more likely to meet someone who is vocally reactionary to vegans, and I find in my life vegans are usually discrete.
but it pretty much is vegan with an eeeeee sound. But Vegan is a another word that comes from a different word system.
that being said it is sometimes quite surprising to me how wrong JJ mispronounces words. I say that because I don't mind people mispronouncing things I probably do it a bunch. But I also feel like I tend to learn a lot of new words by listening. So in that case spelling is harder for me than pronouncing since the novel aspects I don't know is getting the spelling from the sound instead of the sound from the spelling.
I'm in the area...I don't think I've heard anyone pronounce it like that in a long time. But he pronounces a lot of things weird, seemingly on purpose.
@@Melissa-L yeah it almost seems intentional. for someone who is fastidious in video making as JJ seems to be, it doesn't seem like it'd be that much harder to find a clip of someone saying certain words and matching that. but i mean, i like the JJ style
It's how its pronounced in Portuguese, well I mean it's how it's read in Portuguese, how the actual letters form into sounds, now if you're talking to a person who consumers English language media they could pronounce it like they heard it there, that's very common.
There are 3 gradients of phonology/Alphabet.
On the top is Chinese (Hanzi), Words are just Drawings, no sound is really fixed, Mandarin and Cantonese can sometimes be unable to understand each other in spoken language at all, but they're saying the exact same words, written in the exact same alphabet, this also extends into Japanese and previously Korean and Vietnamese, which while speaking different languages with different origins often use the same "Words" (Chinese Characters, sometimes modified.)
Then comes English, which I think is very unique in that regard. English just imports whole words from other languages Willy-Nilly, and has been doing so since the Norman Invasion, Importing BOTH the writing and radicals of every word, and very often the sounds too (see czcams.com/video/EqLiRu34kWo/video.html), that means it's basically like Chinese in that every word could be said in a different way but... NOT. Well, every syllable, every set of letters, CAN be said in multiple ways, but when they form a full word, that word is set (even if there might be homonyms) and generally standardised, even among different dialects, say, Jamaican and Australian English, so they end up still mostly understandable, and have a strong point of reference, usually British English, from which to path the variation from. So it's kind of like Chinese, but the dialects are not as old or as separate to be completely unintelligible, and due to a small Alphabet (26 letters and several diacritics VS Tens of Thousands of Chinese Characters), less likely to promote effective communication once they are actually separate..
And last there's Romance languages, with lots of emphasis on conformity of sound and grammar, since the Roman Empire started forcing their subjects to abandon their languages, and administering all of Western Europe under one law code. Romance languages have regularly underwent revision to eliminate silent letters, unify different sounds into one letter and sometimes even codify Grammar in Spelling and Spelling in Grammar, sometimes completely obscuring the roots even of Greek and Latin words in the process. Recently with the advent of instant communication and new words being coined and popularised very fast this process has been greatly weakened, resulting in an "Engish-ization" of Latin languages, both in the sense of directly adopting english words into the language, and of adopting the cosmopolitan, english, approach to spelling, a particularly poignant example being people who spell "Wikipedia" the american way in brazil, even though Wikipedia itself latinised their name to Wikipédia, as to be pronounceable like Enciclopédia.
I don't really know how Arabic fits into all of this.
10:08 the flag drown on the notebook, perfect
An easy way to get the answer to some of these flag mysteries is to just ask the person flying it lol. But giving JJ more content is good too.
"I know most of their flags." And thus, Quebec rushes to make a new flag, just to stick it to JJ...and also to be "progressive."
J.J says "French Quebecois Flags"
My Brain: "How would English Quebecois look like?"
Well, Quebec actually used to have a blue ensign flag with a UK flag in the corner, that's kinda one
There is still an English speaking minority in Quebec.
There are English speaking quebecois. Not a lot, but they exist
A quite new flag-based mystery to me is what kind of Finland based quilt JJ has on top of his laptop (and why)
Itâs just a towel my friend got me when he went there