The paper noticed two other incorrect flags, but my Korean isn't good enough to figure out what they are. I think one has to do with the fluttering in the opposite direction? A few months ago I seem to recall some embarrassment over an old Korean flag on display that turned out to be not only incorrect but also a fake, though I can't find the links right now. Some of these old ones look pretty suspect, even taking into account the different arrangements used on earlier flags, and I think a couple were photographed upside-down. The one in question a few months ago was, I think, the one used by the exiled interim government and which was kept at Ewha University (the flag, not the interim government).
It's interesting the things we don't notice right under our noses. I know the arrangements of the trigram on a Korean flag, for example, but probably wouldn't notice if they were out of place or if the specifications were off. I think I'd notice an incorrect American flag, particularly if it were flying upside-down. But take, for example, some of these logos that have symbols that most people have probably never noticed. Can you see the arrow in the FedEx logo?
Or the H and W in the Whalers' one? I didn't learn about the H until today.
Notice anything in the Goodwill logo?
In a related story, the flag of the Korean Empire (Empire?) is pretty bad ass. Here's a photo of the oldest, courtesy of Korea Beat.
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Another good one is the old school Milwaukee Brewers, ball and glove logo.
The fingers are an "m" and the palm of the glove is a "b"
Whoa, I never even noticed that before!
The first commenter asked about the goodwill ad. The half-smiley is a lower-case "g," the same g you see in the spelling of "goodwill" below the face.
I guess you heard about this:
"President Lee Myung-bak sparked a stir by rooting with an upside down Korean flag, and Cheong Wa Dae followed this up by asking media companies that ran photos of the incident to fix or erase the images."
http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/303524.html
Thanks for the visit and the link. Yeah, there were upside-down Chinese and American flags, too. I guess the reason for waving them was just out of convenience, and to not make a big deal. I wouldn't want to make a fuss, either, but I think I'd have to object to waving an upside-down American flag. Especially if I were being photographed doing it.
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