The Voice of Vexillology, Flags & Heraldry

Saturday, March 4, 2017

Composite Semaphore Flag for the Letter E - Echo

The Composite Semaphore Flag for the Letter E- Echo is light blue and red. It is blue because blue is the 5th colour of the spectrum and red is the assigned contrast indicator. The stars represent the right arm, since the right arm is the would be starboard side of the human body. Consequently the left arm is left blank as indicated. The circular disc represents the human head.

#5 - Composite Semaphore Flag

Friday, March 3, 2017

Composite Semaphore flag for the Letter D - Delta

The Composite Semaphore Flag for the Letter D is green with the yellow stripe. Since the right-starboard arm points upwards the stars are on the upper half of the flag.

#4 - Composite Semaphore Flag

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Composite Flag for the Letter C - Charlie

The composite semaphore flag for the letter C is yellow and blue. Since yellow is the third colour of the specturm and C is the third letter of the alphabet.

#3 - Composite Semaphore Flag

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Fun Flag for the Element of Mercury

The Fun Mercury Element flag conveys the liquid aspect of the metal.

Composite Semaphore Flag for the Letter B - Bravo

The Composite Semaphore Flag for the Letter B is orange and black. The stars represent the starboard-right arm, which would be sticking parallel to the horizon, while the port-left arm would be pointing downwards.

Number 2 - Composite Semaphore

The #2 Flag has the same pattern but reversed colours.

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Composite Semaphore Flag for the Letter A - Alpha

The Composite Semapahore Flag for the Letter A is red, since A is the first letter of the alphabet and red is the first colour of the rainbow. With Composite Semaphore Flags the starred arm represents the right arm, as a consequence of the right arm being the starboard side of a person, but this is usually in reference to a ship.

The #1 Composite Semaphore Flag has the same pattern but reversed colours.

Monday, February 27, 2017

Semaphore Composite Flags: A to Z and 0-9

Composite Semaphore Flags are based upon the two hand signal semaphore flag positions that convey alphabetical information. Like Maritime Flags, each flag symbolizes a letter. The central dots represent the human head of the person who would normally be holding two flags, usually the Oscar Flag.

The background colours of the letters are based upon the ones digit value as coded to the visible spectrum: with red being 1, orange being 2, yellow being 3, green being 4, blue being 5, indigo being 6, and violet being 7; and the colour black is coded to eight, pink is coded to nine, and white is coded to zero.

But note, the background colours for Composite Semaphore Number Flags are reversed with the associated contrast indicator, such that the central human figure retains the ones digit value colour.

Additional Composite Semaphore Flags also code for attention, negation, numbers, and space; but these flags do not follow the colour coded to ones digit value.

Also note that the stars indicate the right arm, which reflects the starboard-right side of the communicator. The port side, left arm, is blank.

Saturday, February 25, 2017

Monsterpiece Theater - Original UK Title Card

Monsterpiece Theater combined artful adult stories charmed to the simple tellings of thy Sesame Street. Usually starring the blue fuzzy beings, lessons of numbers and words were its purpose.

The original title card featured a letter P with a UK flag. Thy show was hosted by Sir Alistiar Cookie. Mr. Cookie gives a simple introduction. He also stars unwittingly in the poem-visual-movie based upon the poem The Cookie Thief by Valarie Cox.

Vexilloids in Tracey Ullman's - They Don't Know 1983

A song sung by Tracy Ullman by Kirsty MacColl made it the top charts in 1983 They Don't Know. Tracy Ullman was one of those stars that burned bright in the 1980s. Stars come and go, but every once and a while a unique flame can catch the attention of the world, as did Tracy in the 1980s.

Of vexillological note, there are UK flag socks and several red supermarket banner in the background.

First Flag in the Game of Thrones - The House of Stark: The Direwolf

Game of Thrones is modern day retelling of the collective past, mixed somewhere between reality and fantasy. The story takes elements of the middle ages and creates something completely new. Zombies, witches, knights, kings, and queens. It is truly deserves the word EPIC as it tells the story of life in the supposed middle ages.

Banners and flags make many appearances in this series, the first is belongs to the House of Stark, whose emblem is the white Direwolf. These quasi magical animals are larger than life wolves that can be tamed.

The banner of House Stark can be seen in this Highlander like atmosphere. It is swallow tailed and the Dire Wolves head can be seen with an open gait in the mouth.

Fun Flag for Element 69 - The Thulium Flag

Thule is a place somewhere in Scandinavia. Its exact location is a mystery, but many places assign Thule to Norway, Iceland, and even Greenland. Consequently a mixed up Scandinavian flag symbolizes this element. Thulium was discovered by a Swedish scientist, consequently its easy to see elements of the Swedish flag in the fun Thulium flag.

Since the atomic Z number is 69 the Yin and Yang atomic symbol is appropriate, it uses the colours of Greenland, which are white and red.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

English-Albania Heritage Flag

The Anglo-Albania Heritage Flag combines the flags of Albania with England.

English-Montenegro Heritage Flag

The Anglo-Montenegro Heritage Flag combines the flags of England with Montenegro.

English-Serbian Heritage Flag

The Anglo-Serbian Heritage Flag combines elements of the English flag and the Serbian flag.

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

The English-Belarus Heritage Flag

The Anglo-Belarus Heritage Flag combines the English Flag with the Belarusian Flag.

Monday, February 20, 2017

Morse Code Error Flag . . . . . . . .

Eight dits in Morse Code represent an error message. Coincidentally the eight dits match up with the song that stars with, "Dip, dip, dip, dip, dip, dip, dip, dip..." song by the Silhouettes Get a Job - 1957.

English-Native North American Heritage Flag

Nominally a Mexican person, but when the English combined with the North American aboriginals, they took on the French word for "Mexican" , Metis instead of the English Mixed.