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Antero Reply #40 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 02, 2006, 11:05:23 AM
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Not your monkey.
Know what cracks me up?  The flag of Chile.



It's like a budget version of the American flag.
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sinic Reply #41 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 02, 2006, 11:29:43 AM
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Slack.
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It's like a half step away from the Texan flag.
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Link Reply #42 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 02, 2006, 12:56:39 PM
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Liberia and Malaysa's flags are like that too.
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K Reply #43 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 02, 2006, 02:19:27 PM
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It occured to me a while back that the Texas flag is basically an easy-reader version of the US flag.
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phobos Reply #44 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 02, 2006, 03:05:16 PM
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It occurs to me that the design could be simplified some more. Our good friends in the East have managed it.
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sinic Reply #45 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 02, 2006, 03:09:51 PM
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Not as simple as France's flag.





((That is their flag, right?  It's the one they're always flying...))
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Antero Reply #46 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 02, 2006, 04:18:21 PM
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Not your monkey.
France jokes are so oh-three, girlfriend.
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Sean Reply #47 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 02, 2006, 05:18:55 PM
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In all seriousness, I realy like Libya's flag.

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Antero Reply #48 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 02, 2006, 10:13:40 PM
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Not your monkey.
They've got their color scheme down.
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agc Reply #49 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 03, 2006, 12:16:05 AM
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Quote from: Antero on May 02, 2006, 02:13:14 AM

This struck my as rather beautiful.

Awwww, isn't he a cute little idealist?

Having accidentally walked through the protest at Union Square, I can say three things:
1. It was a good day for the flagmakers - lots of people selling flags of all kinds.
2. A lot of kids had American flags, because the flags were the smaller ones rather than the full on flags like in the picture above.
3. Little American flags have really pointy ends and become effective poking tools when clutched in the pudgy fists of children. Seriously, they need to start rounding those suckers off, because I was watching all the little pointy ends go by (and lmost got poked by a few full-sized ones) and could only think about how it was a safety hazard.
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Imp Reply #50 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 03, 2006, 01:56:26 AM
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Quote from: Antero on May 02, 2006, 04:18:21 PM
France jokes are so oh-three, girlfriend.

France jokes will NEVER go out of fashion.
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Majestrix Reply #51 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 03, 2006, 04:16:05 AM
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France jokes will never go out of fashion.

And I, for one, HATE the American flag.  I do.

You know why?

I think red, white, and blue is a TERRIBLY TACKY color scheme.

I do. 

I'd like something in a royal blue, with maybe the eagle in gold somewhere in the middle.  Simple, elegant, and makes a statement.

As for the American anthem being sung in Spanish, I hate the American anthem too.  Too many damn high notes I can't reach.

Funny, because I actually do love America.  I just want to change some shit around.
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Feline Reply #52 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 03, 2006, 04:51:42 PM
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Quote from: Imp on May 03, 2006, 01:56:26 AM
Quote from: Antero on May 02, 2006, 04:18:21 PM
France jokes are so oh-three, girlfriend.

France jokes will NEVER go out of fashion.

Like jokes about Americans.
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Antero Reply #53 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 04, 2006, 03:11:01 AM
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Not your monkey.
I heard the recording.  It's... it's... well, I guess it's about the same quality as a recording of the national anthem in English.

That is to say, it's bad enough that I'm gonna deport every last one of them myself.   Wink
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AmandaZuke Reply #54 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 09, 2006, 05:54:53 PM
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Would it be wrong for me to point out the HUGE differences between the original French and later English versions of O Canada?  Seriously.  Huge.

http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/anthem_e.cfm
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Badger Reply #55 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 10, 2006, 09:48:34 AM
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I don't think that's wrong to point out at all.

Do all the different versions of the song (cause that page seemed to have quite a few of them) get sung?  It looks like it's been the declared national anthem for about 25 years (if I'm reading the article right?) and there haven't been any new versions, but the old versions are recognized as part of the history of the song.  Are the different versions still sung by different people?
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Sean Reply #56 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 10, 2006, 02:53:22 PM
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The Senate passed this resolution on Monday.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SE00458:@@@P

Now this is going to go up for a vote in the House.
http://www.ryun.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=43037

These are just resolutions, don't have the force of law. Just says "Hey, we're Congress and this is what we think."
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Badger Reply #57 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 10, 2006, 02:56:27 PM
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I knew that second link was going to be bad the moment I saw the word 'Ryun' in the link...

On behalf of Kansas, speaking as somewhat of a Kansan expatriate, I apologise for, well, the state, really.

So very sorry about Kansas, guys.
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Sean Reply #58 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 10, 2006, 03:26:03 PM
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Yeah, he's a fun chap. But he has lot's of friends, so it's okay.

By the way, if that passes, will the State Department have to take this down?
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AmandaZuke Reply #59 in Re: "Nuestro Himno" Why not? — Posted May 10, 2006, 07:29:29 PM
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Quote from: Badger on May 10, 2006, 09:48:34 AM
Do all the different versions of the song (cause that page seemed to have quite a few of them) get sung?  It looks like it's been the declared national anthem for about 25 years (if I'm reading the article right?) and there haven't been any new versions, but the old versions are recognized as part of the history of the song.  Are the different versions still sung by different people?

I've never heard any but one version each in English and French.  The others are recognized as part of its evolution, but what we might call the "official" versions have been stable as long as I can remember.  The French version is exactly as I recall it from my very early school days (I was a French Immersion kid, so no English in school for the first few years).
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