Dane here. The reason that Greenland doesn't have a Nordic Cross flag was quite deliberate to distinguish that the country has ties to Denmark (hence the red and white colours), but isn't Scandinavian, Nordic or even European (hence the different design)
Greenland is absolutely a nordic country. Seems like a slap in the face. Greenland has heavy roots in the Viking age. But I'm not an expert on Greenland so I can't really say
@@Netherghoul it is located in the american continent, and it has indigenous peoples that don't share a drop of blood with the Börks (or at least they used to, they probably assimilated by now) but saying that a colony becomes the same as their colonizer is like saying the US is Anglo-Saxon it just doesn't make sense
Actually, the current German flag is much older. It was first used when the desire for a united Germany started back in 1815. There was a failed democratic revolution in 1848 that also used the same flag.
Sometimes its not a good idea to just look at the first Google Search result. The result also clearly states, that since 1990 its the flag of a reunified Germany. Not that the flag was created then, but reunified Germany was.
A dragon would be better...maybe as an Ozzie you could have a spider/snake/crocodile (insert any deadly animal). Don't kangaroos kill 3 people a year so maybe I like your idea...
I went to look at America’s own flag proposals and we seemed to be obsess with the star of David. There was even one flag that closely resembles the No no German flag.
Greenland's distinction probably arises out of its population being majority Inuit, rather than Nordic. It still maintains the colors of Denmark to represent those ties.
And one of the major problem of the line on the flag is some worry it would imply separatism, which is understandable for the concept of dividing PRC and ROC by the Yangtze was advocated by both USA and USSR before 1949, and PRC wasn't fully taking over nowadays mainland China on 1949.10.1
Norway's had the red white and blue flag since 1814, even when under Sweden. Thing is we were still somewhat autonomous, much like how the Faroe Islands and Greenland is today under Denmark (theyusedtobeoursbutwahtever) We also flew a version that had the Swedish flag in the corner, likewise Sweden had a flag with the Norwegian flag in the corner. And one version was just half Norway and half Sweden.
No, Norway only had the red-white-blue flag after 1821. Prior to this from 1814, Norway used a modified Danish flag with the Norwegian lion in the canton when they wrote the constitution, and later used a Swedish flag with a red saltire in the canton until they got their current flag with addition of the union mark in the canton.
Fair I wasn't sure on the exact year. But the point is we still had our own flag and it was still basically the same as it is today before gaining full independence.@@TheSecretPower
One reason why Estonia's probably never going to adopt the Nordic cross is because its origin actually lies in how Danish King Valdemar II defeated the Estonians in the Battle of Lyndanisse in 1219, the year in which that Danish flag allegedly fell from the sky. The modern Estonian flag is the same one that was raised upon Estonia's first declaration of independence after World War I.
If we are talking alternative flags that are still really popular then... the Polish flag with the coat of arms on it has got to be on that list. Personally I think it should be the national flag, given the fact that it is already the state flag, civil/state/naval ensign, plus it would no longer get confused with Indonesia or Monaco either.
@@wingedhussar1453 To be fair the Russian double headed eagle I believe is strictly for presidential use, plus I pretty confident the Russians stole the double headed eagle from the Eastern Romans rather than from Poland.
The artist Martiros Saryan offered many options for the flag, one of which was the rainbow flag. "There are a lot of tricolors here, but a multicolored flag would be more suitable for us, because we are an eastern nation." In general, the rainbow flag is the flag of one of the ancient Armenian dynasties - the Mamikonians.
2:06 It is for good reason: Greenland isn't Nordic. I believe the circle represents the sun, so it will have meaning and cultural importance to the indigenous artic people that live there. The Sami also have a circle on their flag.
2:21 Greenland is kind of its own thing separate from the rest. (Autonomous is all but foreign relationss) Their population is not even Nordic. I'm assuming that their identity it's closer to being part of the North Pole
Lazer kiwi lol seriously the back n white fern one would have been nice as an Aussie I associate kiwis with the colour black coz the all blacks and the fern and a kiwi bird so it's got 2/3
7:03 The rainbow color doesn't only mean lgbtq, even tho its know for it, it also has the meaning of "peace", U can also see the same flag on the Yser tower in belgium.
yea and these designs are super old it only had its current meaning for like 10 years i used to like rainbows because they were colourful it was that simple .
Of the proposed new New Zealand flags, I liked the black and red Silver Fern one because it was cool. And it was a great idea to include designs related to Maori.
the flag of saint david is a size of RESSAPUBLICA LEUKOPETRA but the difference is a TRILOBITE coloured posted on center in the flag yellow and black .
There was one summer in my nearest city (Bergen) where there was an outside gallery with a lot of the flag proposals for norway and the reasoning/ history behind them. Was interesting to learn about
Drew is like the most enthusiastic, yet still the worst substitute teacher ever. Today, we're gonna look at flags. Yes, again. No you can't go to the bathroom, any other questions? thought so, here we go.
If he makes the kids (or anybody) want to learn more about this stuff on their own--and apparently he does, according to so many comments--then he may be the best substitute teacher ever.
I was a sub teacher for a couple of years. If you just hop in for a day or two, by all means, it is a matter of just entertaining the kids so they don't leave. If you are doing a full month, or a semester even, then you need to stick to the curriculum. You can't imagine how thoroughly planned-out school is. If you miss a week, then you miss out on knowledge that won't be taught again. Many, many kids have their education ruined by schools that can't bother with proper replacement teachers. And also, the №1 cause for teachers going sick (parental leave not counted), is burnout due to stress and over-work. Teachers that come back from sick leave only to find the classroom upside-down, kids missing and the substitute didn't even give a f*ck about those lesson plans you've been mailing...
Of course I didn't mean to compare Drew to any real-world teacher,, substitute or otherwise. As Drew cheerfully admits, he hasn't got the credentials to be a teacher in a real U.S. school. But, as someone who was a young geography/history nerd myself 60 or 65 years ago, I enjoy his videos and marvel at his seeming ability to get young people interested in things that their demographic isn't famous for being in love with. Or maybe there are just more geography/history nerds out there than I think!
it was a very old design if the creators were still around today they would have probably regretted it .but i used to draw rainbows on things in the 1990s and 2000s and i also regretted it now .but i couldn't have known what it would mean now
Ireland wasn’t included in 1604 flag proposals was because Ireland did not become part of the UK until 1801. Prior to that the Kingdom of Ireland shared the same monarch as Britain but had a separate parliament, although de facto control held by the British parliament.
The majority of the population wasn't even in favour of changing the flag, it happened because Québec has way more pull federally than anyone else. There was no referendum, if there had been we'd almost certainly still be using the 1960s version of the Red Ensign or some modification to it
Denmark didn't decide the flag of Greenland, obviously the Inuit & Inuk did. That flag represents the 6 months of sun and 6 months without sun. It is actually really beautiful, and as a Dane I'm almost offended on behalf of Greenland that you speak of their flag as something to do with us... Denmark is Denmark, Greenland is Greenland. Greenland has their own constitution and parliament and they can have independence whenever they want. Greenland is not Denmark. They are part of our familiy, and they are welcome to be - but only as long as they want to be. Ps. The one "from Somalia" represents the north star.
The reason for so many flags with the British Union Flag in the top left is that they're naval ensigns. Most countries that want to get rid of them don't simply want to change them because the UK flag is on them, but because they're militaristic in design also.
The Irish Flag with an Celtic Knot design down the side of it, a crest with the 1910 province flags, a wreath of clover and a banner of "Erin Go Brágh" under it, seems like a viable concept.
As a person living in Australia I have never seen that proposal here while you see the normal flag everywhere even if there is a lot of calling to change it.
Flag of Germany is actually from the 19. Century and present in the uprisings of 1848. How old it is that I don't know, but it's older than the nation of Germany itself.
saying germany's flag was only adopted in 1990 is false. That flag existed in the Weimar republic and was the base for both flags of the two german states after 1947
well saying the german flag "isnt that old" ... its from 1815 and was official used at first 1848 ... 1990 was just that they removed the sigil from the middle but that wasnt used very often anyways so the same flag was in use before as its now
If you wondering drew the shields shown on the Irish flag at 4:25 is the 4 provinces (states to Americans) of Ireland. The top left is Ulster, which is the top of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, The top right is Leinster, which is the East of the ROI, the Bottom left is Munster, which is the south of the ROI and the Bottom right is Connaught which is the West of the ROI. Also the harp is a very famous icon for Ireland.
2:22 drew, it's because Denmark let native Greenlanders choose their flag, instead of imposing a nordic cross on them. and they wanted something to show that they had their own different and unique, culture and history
The Chinese government later believed that the yellow horizontal line implied division between the north and the south, which was not conducive to post-war national unity. Therefore, they abolished all designs containing the yellow horizontal line.
2:15 because Greenlanders aren't Scandinavians like Icelanders, Norwegians etc.; they're Inuit and they were colonised. Having nordic cross in their flag would be like african countries that used to be colonised by UK having Union Jack in their flags.
as far as i know there is an official debate in australia from time to time about changing the official flag. And among all the former colonies of England, they are one of those who are closer to this (after Canada, which has already done this a long time ago). But in the case of Australia, they do not need to announce a competition for a new flag design. Because they have a second official flag: a black stripe from above, red from below and a yellow circle in the middle. This flag was once created by the Australian aborigines as representatives and owners of this land and over the years it was officially recognized by the Australian authorities. And from time to time there is a debate about replacing the current flag of Australia with this flag. P.S. I can be wrong because I use materials from Wikipedia and at my native language (Ukrainian) material about this flag can be different that in english version Wikipedia
I am an Estonian and I can tell you, that we do want a nordic cross styled flag, but the flag we have was made after we got out of the soviet union and also our first flag, It's a piece of Estonian history so we might change it, but I don't think that will happen.
A small correction at 7:30. UK is not made up of 4 kingdoms. Wales never was an official kingdom (yep official, anyways one guy tried to self-proclaim it once), it's a principality. So that's one of the excuses, why it ain't got a representation on the union jack.
Wales was part of the Kingdom of England in 1603. The flag of the Kingdom of England was the St George's Cross. In any case, Wales had no official national flag until the 1950s so there was no question of excluding the Welsh flag in 1604 as there wasn't one.
One of my college roommates I moved in with is Norwegian and I asked him, “will Estonia ever be Nordic?”. He answered with a very hard, “No, they will never be”.
Some of these flags look like things I'd make on keynote as a child. Especially this one: 6:52 The stars are just a mess, the random rainbow, I think it's the really thing lines on the globe and the connecting it to the rainbow that really make it look like something I'd make as a child using keynote
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0:44 - "Why is it *green* though?" - Drew Durnil forgets that most of the time, maple leaves *are* green. They only turn red towards the end of the year.
2:25 the red and white Colors represents the membership of Denmark and the missing cross represents the independence from Denmark (no idea how that makes sense)
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I love the Australian Kangaroo design (The one that appears at the right side of the screen around the 6:05 mark). It would undoubtedly be one of my favourite world flags!
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Drew asked, "why is the maple leaf green". Because leaves are green because they contain chlorophyll for photosynthesis.
We learned this in kindergarten 😭😭 American education system be wilding 💀💀🙏🏻
@@luigi.gamingno we didn’t, kindergarten didn’t teach that chlorophyll captures the sunlight
@@luigi.gamingtf kina kindergarten did u go to 💀
@@phunsies bro? Ok maybe it was an eggsaturation (I cant spell i forgor) but maybe I learned it in 1st grade 😭😭
@@BosskAviation751 idk I went to some hard ahh school i bet
Dane here. The reason that Greenland doesn't have a Nordic Cross flag was quite deliberate to distinguish that the country has ties to Denmark (hence the red and white colours), but isn't Scandinavian, Nordic or even European (hence the different design)
...still looks a little funky...
Don't forget that the greenlanders themselves got to vote on what flak they wanted also Halløjsa fra Østjylland
Greenland is absolutely a nordic country. Seems like a slap in the face. Greenland has heavy roots in the Viking age. But I'm not an expert on Greenland so I can't really say
@@Netherghoul it is located in the american continent, and it has indigenous peoples that don't share a drop of blood with the Börks (or at least they used to, they probably assimilated by now)
but saying that a colony becomes the same as their colonizer is like saying the US is Anglo-Saxon
it just doesn't make sense
@@najrenchelf2751 It's much better when put together with the flag of the South Pole, they are perfect together! Absolute opposites.
Actually, the current German flag is much older. It was first used when the desire for a united Germany started back in 1815. There was a failed democratic revolution in 1848 that also used the same flag.
fr i literally wanted to kill my self when he said that
It also was the flag of the "Weimar" Republic (1919 - 1933).
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT
Sometimes its not a good idea to just look at the first Google Search result. The result also clearly states, that since 1990 its the flag of a reunified Germany. Not that the flag was created then, but reunified Germany was.
@@lukasrentz3238 bro we don't care
As an Australian I am deeply disappointed by the lack of kangaroos on our flag. Papua New Guinea got a bird 😢
A dragon would be better...maybe as an Ozzie you could have a spider/snake/crocodile (insert any deadly animal). Don't kangaroos kill 3 people a year so maybe I like your idea...
@@AutoAlligator I think it should be a spider so big the tips of its legs are off-screen, or in this case, off-flag...
Agreed… it is so sad! I made my own flag for Australia.
:)@@Left969
Australia should go full villain arc and put a giant spider on our flag
The German Nordic cross looks kinda sick not gonna lie.
Yeah
We should adopt it
No I like the horizontal one better. @@zera_5317
Today this flag is primarley used in rallys of right wing extremists. Its sadly pretty burned@@zera_5317
@@zera_5317 Germany isn't a nordic country, so it has no reason to adopt a nordic cross a their flag.
@@angriboi objectively it doesn’t matter because it’s sick
I went to look at America’s own flag proposals and we seemed to be obsess with the star of David. There was even one flag that closely resembles the No no German flag.
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Greenland's distinction probably arises out of its population being majority Inuit, rather than Nordic. It still maintains the colors of Denmark to represent those ties.
I really like Mao’s design for the China one. The Yellow line represents the yellow river, the birthplace of chinese civilization
And one of the major problem of the line on the flag is some worry it would imply separatism, which is understandable for the concept of dividing PRC and ROC by the Yangtze was advocated by both USA and USSR before 1949, and PRC wasn't fully taking over nowadays mainland China on 1949.10.1
@@terryshi5620 ah yeah makes sense
Therapist: Finnish China doesn't exist. It can't hurt you.
Finnish China: 1:19
finnish china sounds so wrong in so many ways
Finnish Soviet socialistic republic
You forgot about Greek China
Can't believe you didn't do new Zealand. Some of the funniest proposals ever
Norway's had the red white and blue flag since 1814, even when under Sweden. Thing is we were still somewhat autonomous, much like how the Faroe Islands and Greenland is today under Denmark (theyusedtobeoursbutwahtever) We also flew a version that had the Swedish flag in the corner, likewise Sweden had a flag with the Norwegian flag in the corner. And one version was just half Norway and half Sweden.
No, Norway only had the red-white-blue flag after 1821. Prior to this from 1814, Norway used a modified Danish flag with the Norwegian lion in the canton when they wrote the constitution, and later used a Swedish flag with a red saltire in the canton until they got their current flag with addition of the union mark in the canton.
Fair I wasn't sure on the exact year. But the point is we still had our own flag and it was still basically the same as it is today before gaining full independence.@@TheSecretPower
Sweden-Norway
One reason why Estonia's probably never going to adopt the Nordic cross is because its origin actually lies in how Danish King Valdemar II defeated the Estonians in the Battle of Lyndanisse in 1219, the year in which that Danish flag allegedly fell from the sky. The modern Estonian flag is the same one that was raised upon Estonia's first declaration of independence after World War I.
If we are talking alternative flags that are still really popular then... the Polish flag with the coat of arms on it has got to be on that list. Personally I think it should be the national flag, given the fact that it is already the state flag, civil/state/naval ensign, plus it would no longer get confused with Indonesia or Monaco either.
Same as russia copied poland use eagle as alternate flag
@@wingedhussar1453 To be fair the Russian double headed eagle I believe is strictly for presidential use, plus I pretty confident the Russians stole the double headed eagle from the Eastern Romans rather than from Poland.
Another day of asking Drew to put up the -Guernsey- Guyana flag to show solidarity
I think the reason why the Welsh flag isn't on the UK's flag is because Wales was part of England so the red cross represented England and Wales.
I think they just didn't want to ruin the flag by adding the Welsh flag.
@@emycharaa *improve
@@matheussanthiago9685 I have to agree. The proposal with the dragon in the middle of the Union Jack? Fire!
The artist Martiros Saryan offered many options for the flag, one of which was the rainbow flag. "There are a lot of tricolors here, but a multicolored flag would be more suitable for us, because we are an eastern nation." In general, the rainbow flag is the flag of one of the ancient Armenian dynasties - the Mamikonians.
2:06 It is for good reason: Greenland isn't Nordic. I believe the circle represents the sun, so it will have meaning and cultural importance to the indigenous artic people that live there. The Sami also have a circle on their flag.
You are right. The flag represents the Midnight sun.
Also, we (Denmark) didn't choose it, the natives did - of course.
Maybe the circle, represents the Artic Circle?
I love this format. It feels a lot more interesting than the ones that are just looking at posts online.
Agreed
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2:21 Greenland is kind of its own thing separate from the rest. (Autonomous is all but foreign relationss)
Their population is not even Nordic.
I'm assuming that their identity it's closer to being part of the North Pole
0:18 that's just under SIXTY years ago. No one calls 59 "about 50"
True lol
I do
I say "59"
7:41 The Welsh flag is not part of the Union flag as it was not a kingdom. But Scotland, England and Ireland were all kingdoms.
I swear people just deliberately ignore.
Wales was an kingdom, but the English conquered it and then later annexed it into the Kingdom of England.
Worth doing an image search of the Union Jack with the Welsh Dragon 👌
I like how that "world peace flag" was proposed in 1913, right before... you know, the thing that's the complete opposite of world peace.
as someone from New Zealand i am so disappointed that we didn't change our flag back in 2016
We could have had an amazing flag but we choose not to
it was pretty rigged lol
Lazer kiwi lol seriously the back n white fern one would have been nice as an Aussie I associate kiwis with the colour black coz the all blacks and the fern and a kiwi bird so it's got 2/3
only problem, and why that one cant win, is that the silver fern flag is copyrighted by the all blacks@@crazymusicchick
@@ZachmanMMX oh I didn't know it was copyrighted I thought it was like your national plant or something bit like the golden wattle here
whats sad is it is our national plant..@@crazymusicchick
Armenia got very, very lucky.
Lol
To your Info it had Christian Intentions 😭 it should represent the binding of God and Noah
how would they have known in 1918 the rainbow flag only got its current meaning 10 years ago before that time rainbows were just cool and colourful
7:10 "why are these so insane sometimes?" got me rolling on the floor🤣
I like the German republic flag in Nordic style more than the tricolor we got
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@@Mcchesbal yes (I'm a Nordic history kid, Fave era is the 1800s)
honestly im surpised you havent covered the new minnesota flag yet
As an Australian we must put an emu on our flag instead of a roo so that we appease them and never decide to mercilessly attack us again
Petition for Drew to take a damn break (day 1)
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7:03 The rainbow color doesn't only mean lgbtq, even tho its know for it, it also has the meaning of "peace", U can also see the same flag on the Yser tower in belgium.
yea and these designs are super old it only had its current meaning for like 10 years i used to like rainbows because they were colourful it was that simple .
Of the proposed new New Zealand flags, I liked the black and red Silver Fern one because it was cool.
And it was a great idea to include designs related to Maori.
the flag of saint david is a size of RESSAPUBLICA LEUKOPETRA but the difference is a TRILOBITE coloured posted on center in the flag yellow and black .
There was one summer in my nearest city (Bergen) where there was an outside gallery with a lot of the flag proposals for norway and the reasoning/ history behind them. Was interesting to learn about
Drew is like the most enthusiastic, yet still the worst substitute teacher ever.
Today, we're gonna look at flags. Yes, again. No you can't go to the bathroom, any other questions? thought so, here we go.
If he makes the kids (or anybody) want to learn more about this stuff on their own--and apparently he does, according to so many comments--then he may be the best substitute teacher ever.
I was a sub teacher for a couple of years.
If you just hop in for a day or two, by all means, it is a matter of just entertaining the kids so they don't leave.
If you are doing a full month, or a semester even, then you need to stick to the curriculum. You can't imagine how thoroughly planned-out school is. If you miss a week, then you miss out on knowledge that won't be taught again.
Many, many kids have their education ruined by schools that can't bother with proper replacement teachers.
And also, the №1 cause for teachers going sick (parental leave not counted), is burnout due to stress and over-work.
Teachers that come back from sick leave only to find the classroom upside-down, kids missing and the substitute didn't even give a f*ck about those lesson plans you've been mailing...
Of course I didn't mean to compare Drew to any real-world teacher,, substitute or otherwise. As Drew cheerfully admits, he hasn't got the credentials to be a teacher in a real U.S. school. But, as someone who was a young geography/history nerd myself 60 or 65 years ago, I enjoy his videos and marvel at his seeming ability to get young people interested in things that their demographic isn't famous for being in love with. Or maybe there are just more geography/history nerds out there than I think!
Me: sees Armenia in the thumbnail.
*grabs popcorn.
*goes to the comment section.
*No enemy found
@KrikorDash idk it does not rlly look like it but still
it was a very old design if the creators were still around today they would have probably regretted it .but i used to draw rainbows on things in the 1990s and 2000s and i also regretted it now .but i couldn't have known what it would mean now
Ireland wasn’t included in 1604 flag proposals was because Ireland did not become part of the UK until 1801. Prior to that the Kingdom of Ireland shared the same monarch as Britain but had a separate parliament, although de facto control held by the British parliament.
As a canadian the reason why we made flag so recently is because we tried to not be british but the problem was trying to find a better flag
The majority of the population wasn't even in favour of changing the flag, it happened because Québec has way more pull federally than anyone else. There was no referendum, if there had been we'd almost certainly still be using the 1960s version of the Red Ensign or some modification to it
Denmark didn't decide the flag of Greenland, obviously the Inuit & Inuk did.
That flag represents the 6 months of sun and 6 months without sun. It is actually really beautiful, and as a Dane I'm almost offended on behalf of Greenland that you speak of their flag as something to do with us...
Denmark is Denmark, Greenland is Greenland. Greenland has their own constitution and parliament and they can have independence whenever they want.
Greenland is not Denmark. They are part of our familiy, and they are welcome to be - but only as long as they want to be.
Ps. The one "from Somalia" represents the north star.
question what is the North Star
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The reason for so many flags with the British Union Flag in the top left is that they're naval ensigns. Most countries that want to get rid of them don't simply want to change them because the UK flag is on them, but because they're militaristic in design also.
Greenland's 1978 flag proposal got the Christmas vibe 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Where is the greatest flag proposal ever to not get accepted, Lord Emperor Laser Kiwi?
The Irish Flag with an Celtic Knot design down the side of it, a crest with the 1910 province flags, a wreath of clover and a banner of "Erin Go Brágh" under it, seems like a viable concept.
As a person living in Australia I have never seen that proposal here while you see the normal flag everywhere even if there is a lot of calling to change it.
Hey! Thanks for the video! Really liked it! BTW, where did you get this plushy Kazakhstani pillow from? Thank you!
Flag of Germany is actually from the 19. Century and present in the uprisings of 1848. How old it is that I don't know, but it's older than the nation of Germany itself.
as a german i had the urge to kill my self when he said that
It also was the flag of the Weimar Republic. Drew's commentary was quite uninformed.
@@szlonkobusjbusj3819 Also in use for the German Republic since 1949, so yeah, pretty wrong
they took the Belgian flag and flipped it sideways
The German Flag in the thumbnail is AWESOME !
Drew you should do more of these commentary like videos I really like this
1:46 Flag of Eurasia from 1984?
saying germany's flag was only adopted in 1990 is false. That flag existed in the Weimar republic and was the base for both flags of the two german states after 1947
The people who live in Greenland mostly aren't nordic. I imagine that's why they don't have the nordic style cross.
well saying the german flag "isnt that old" ... its from 1815 and was official used at first 1848 ... 1990 was just that they removed the sigil from the middle but that wasnt used very often anyways so the same flag was in use before as its now
8:42 Actually the "wiphala" is also their official flag. Bolivia has two official flags
If you wondering drew the shields shown on the Irish flag at 4:25 is the 4 provinces (states to Americans) of Ireland. The top left is Ulster, which is the top of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, The top right is Leinster, which is the East of the ROI, the Bottom left is Munster, which is the south of the ROI and the Bottom right is Connaught which is the West of the ROI. Also the harp is a very famous icon for Ireland.
Have a look at Australia’s sports flag, that’s right, we have a flag just for sports.
1:19 so youre telling me we could have had the People's Republic of FINLAND?! 😯
at 0:54 as he says subscribe a rainbow border will appear on the subscribe button
Same with like. also if you type awesome while on computer, the timeline for the video will flash rainbow colors (dont do it if you have epilepsy)
2:22 drew, it's because Denmark let native Greenlanders choose their flag, instead of imposing a nordic cross on them. and they wanted something to show that they had their own different and unique, culture and history
5:00 I think its more saved for Germany if they become an empire agian :)
The Chinese government later believed that the yellow horizontal line implied division between the north and the south, which was not conducive to post-war national unity. Therefore, they abolished all designs containing the yellow horizontal line.
1:41 I like Proposal 38. Dont know why I just do
2:15 because Greenlanders aren't Scandinavians like Icelanders, Norwegians etc.; they're Inuit and they were colonised. Having nordic cross in their flag would be like african countries that used to be colonised by UK having Union Jack in their flags.
as far as i know there is an official debate in australia from time to time about changing the official flag. And among all the former colonies of England, they are one of those who are closer to this (after Canada, which has already done this a long time ago). But in the case of Australia, they do not need to announce a competition for a new flag design. Because they have a second official flag: a black stripe from above, red from below and a yellow circle in the middle. This flag was once created by the Australian aborigines as representatives and owners of this land and over the years it was officially recognized by the Australian authorities. And from time to time there is a debate about replacing the current flag of Australia with this flag.
P.S. I can be wrong because I use materials from Wikipedia and at my native language (Ukrainian) material about this flag can be different that in english version Wikipedia
for ireland they didnt throw "random" shields they put on the shields of each province!
0:52 NEPAL 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵
Wut ? °-°
I wish he saw the New Zealand flag proposals.He would have seen the laser kiwi
1:09 curacao moment 🇨🇼
or aruba 🇦🇼
0:30 If you look at the star patterns, it is the North Star, and the Big Dipper.
I am an Estonian and I can tell you, that we do want a nordic cross styled flag, but the flag we have was made after we got out of the soviet union and also our first flag, It's a piece of Estonian history so we might change it, but I don't think that will happen.
7:11 that is very good actually. Half realist and half surrealist, very interesting choice for a flag for everything
Drew needs to hang up the flag of Iowa on his wall (revenge for him calling Iowa Arkansas) Day 320
Signed
A small correction at 7:30. UK is not made up of 4 kingdoms. Wales never was an official kingdom (yep official, anyways one guy tried to self-proclaim it once), it's a principality. So that's one of the excuses, why it ain't got a representation on the union jack.
A dragon on the middle woulda been sick
Wales was part of the Kingdom of England in 1603. The flag of the Kingdom of England was the St George's Cross.
In any case, Wales had no official national flag until the 1950s so there was no question of excluding the Welsh flag in 1604 as there wasn't one.
i did not expect Gandhi's flag game to be so weak xD
One of my college roommates I moved in with is Norwegian and I asked him, “will Estonia ever be Nordic?”. He answered with a very hard, “No, they will never be”.
He also told me that Finland is not considered as Nordic and actually more Russian/Slavic
Brazil is the true nordic/scandinavian country.
@@C0lon0 finally a sane take on this thread
@@jadenkirby505 That's nonsense. Finland is Finno-Ugric, not Slavic.
@@vetarlittorf1807 I believed he meant that they’re closer to Slavs than to the Nords. He is Norwegian after all so I believe him 🤷♂️
Some of these flags look like things I'd make on keynote as a child. Especially this one: 6:52
The stars are just a mess, the random rainbow, I think it's the really thing lines on the globe and the connecting it to the rainbow that really make it look like something I'd make as a child using keynote
I love how China took 30 flag proposals and choose the worst one.
Not the worst it’s actually good
that is just Chinese history form 1500 to 1980 in a nutshell .
“Austruhla” mad me so mad💀
Petition to make Drew put the flag of Wallis and Futuna, and the flag of River Gee county in Libera, the worst flags on the planet, in the background. Day 121
4:49 "There are a lot of loons"
Accurate statement in any context.
6:02 AuStRoYa
lol
As an Australian that proposal flag looks really cool, it's got a Kangaroo and green & gold, literally a perfect flag for our country
Petition for Drew to stop pretending France was the only country that helped the United States get independence: Day 130
2:22 putting the nordic cross for greenland would be the equivalent of putting a british watermark on your colony
Greenland is an autonomous COUNTRY in union with the Danish Crown ( They share a Queen) according to the Danish Constitution.
I actually like the Pearson pennant. I don't know why people didn't like it at the time.
I liked that under the flag of Kuwait at 0:04 written Gaza. we support Palestine. Free Gaza and all Palestine from the zionist criminal gangs.
Eww
Here we go again…
Hopefully
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I'm sorry, where does it say that?
0:42 Why does that look like the flag for Leonidas Polk’s corp?
If you're going to make a video on vexillology, at least learn the word. It's vexillology, not vexology.
day 1 of asking drew to put up a flag of saint Vincent and the Grenadines
4:27 the "every shield they could think of" is actually meant to represent the 4 provinces of Ireland
0:44 - "Why is it *green* though?" - Drew Durnil forgets that most of the time, maple leaves *are* green. They only turn red towards the end of the year.
6:47 says who?
6:58 why not?
Minnesota had some great flag proposals and they chose Chernobyl if it was in Puerto Rico.
i really want australia to adapt the golden wattle flag so much, it would be so appropiate
2:25 the red and white Colors represents the membership of Denmark and the missing cross represents the independence from Denmark (no idea how that makes sense)
Petition for Drew to make a series covering Ace Combat and its multiple universes: [Day 323]
H.323 is a recommendation from the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) that defines the protocols to provide audio-visual communication sessions on any packet network. The H.323 standard addresses call signaling and control, multimedia transport and control, and bandwidth control for point-to-point and multi-point conferences.
5:03 It was already used by the city of Rome when Napoleon conquered it
I love the Australian Kangaroo design (The one that appears at the right side of the screen around the 6:05 mark). It would undoubtedly be one of my favourite world flags!