http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/Symbols/UnionJack.aspx

It's not a Union Jack unless it's on a ship. It's the Union Flag.

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And now I will post a quote from me:

"And if I had said "Union Flag", how many of my American readers would have known what I was talking about?"

I would have thought this was a Civil War thread drift.

(reserved my copy yesterday!)

OK, apologies to JB for mis-reading his response to me, for some really wierd reason I read that you responded 'If I had said Union Jack etc

I understand that refering to it as the Union Flag may have caused some confusion to Americans. However, its name, when not on a ship, is the Union Flag.

As someone who has championed the correct nameing of Spider-Man, eBay and use of 'than' over 'then' I thought this in itself would be important. Whether it has a popular usage as Union Jack doesn't make it right as that's not its name. Similarly, spiderman is not Spider-Man's name.

Just wanted to explain why it's so important to me.

(Why is that a big deal? Because if you ask a lot of colorists for "drab" what you'll get is dark and muddy. That is NOT the case here!)