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isthatu2Threads: 13
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Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂ 		 Jan 9, 11, 18:48    #31
nobabody:
The UK of course chose that great British creature...the Lion...errr hang on , we don,t have any lions in the UK...and never have had...whats that all about?

the uk did not chose the lion, england did.

on the royal coat of arms, there are 2 animals represented symbolising, i think, the union of the crowns, the lion for england and the unicorn for scotland, so at least the english chose a creature that does exist..................still

er,no,Richard I chose the 3 lions as Englands symbol,probably adapted from his father,Henri II 's single lion.
and,erm,Scotlands is the Lion rammpant ....
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Joined: Jun 7, 07 ♂ 		Edited by: Moderator  Jan 9, 11, 19:58    #32
I am still puzzled why we in the UK have a lion as a national symbol...

We could have had an Eagle , like Poland , Germany , and the USA
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Joined: May 21, 08 ♂ 		 Jan 9, 11, 21:44    #33
wildrover:
We could have had an Eagle , like Poland , Germany , and the USA


At least they have eagles... (OK, after Czernobyl, I imagine Russia also has 2 headed ones), but there aren't too many lions prowling around the British Isles.
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wildrover:
I am still puzzled why we in the UK have a lion as a national symbol...

What symbol would you have preferred?

wildrover:
We could have had an Eagle , like Poland , Germany , and the USA

Why would we have had an eagle?

The British Bull Dog is also a UK symbol.
Pinching PeteThreads: 1
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Joined: Feb 23, 08 ♂ 		Edited by: Pinching Pete  Jan 9, 11, 21:54    #35
What kind of wildlife did GB have in the old days? Squirrels, pretty much like today probably. Well maybe some skinny wolves running around.. a codfish? Yeah, the ugly Bulldog was made by old limey so be it. Lol.

Jk.. Bulldogs are the coolest. Too bad they cost a mint to buy one or I would keep one in my apartment.
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wildrover:
We could have had an Eagle , like Poland , Germany , and the USA


UK has the Robin. But i'm sure that the national bird was the Wren.

Anyway, myth has it that the Robin was a Wren. Also, both birds are sacred and woe betide anyone who harms them.
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Pinching Pete:
Jk.. Bulldogs are the coolest.


Yeah...a British bulldog would have been a better national symbol...slightly more British than an African lion anyways...
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Pinching Pete:
the old days?


wild boar

margaret thatcher

Wroclaw:
Also, both birds are sacred and woe betide anyone who harms them.


Funny, there's a tradition of hunting the wren on boxing day. there's a song, the cutty wren, about hunting it and cutting it up.
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Joined: Jun 7, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 9, 11, 22:06    #39
Yes..we had wild boars....and the odd dragon , noo not Margerat Thatcher , that one that St George poked with a pointed stick...
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wildrover:
that one that St George poked with a pointed stick...


Didn't he do that in palestine, or somewhere. We had worms, like The Lambton Worm in Durham.
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Wroclaw:
UK has the Robin. But i'm sure that the national bird was the Wren.


Don't you have a lot of skylarks? That's an interesting bird.
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Trevek:
We had worms, like The Lambton Worm in Durham.


Ha... i am sure it would amuse the rest of the world greatly ..if we had a worm as our national symbol....
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wildrover:
Ha... i am sure it would amuse the rest of the world greatly ..if we had a worm as our national symbol....


a little bit more than the average worm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambton_Worm
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wildrover:
if we had a worm as our national symbol....


Nick Clegg?
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Wroclaw:
a little bit more than the average worm:


Why do they call it a worm then.... its clearly a Scouser...
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Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂ 		 Jan 10, 11, 21:05    #46
Why is this so hard for people to grasp? The english symbol is the 3 lions because richard the 1st chose it as his sheild badge, lions look harder than birds when your off slaughtering saracans....
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Joined: Jun 7, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 10, 11, 21:12    #47
Yusss but it would be easier to paint a worm on your shield....

From a distance it could look like a scarey snake...!!
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Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂ 		Edited by: isthatu2  Jan 10, 11, 21:16    #48
lol,I do like that idea, Richard,Heart of Worm.....Richard WormHeart....
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pictures of the worm.

http://www.google.pl/images?hl=pl&rlz=1T4SKPT_plPL397PL398&q=lambton%2 0worm&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=763&bih=354
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Imagine trying to put that thing on your hook to go fishing....!
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wildrover:
I always wondered why we in England called our country Great britain...?


It's to distinguish it from 'Lesser Britain' or in other words, Brittany.
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Surely everyone knows we are better than the French...??
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Pinching Pete:
What kind of wildlife did GB have in the old days?

Grendel
very suitable for a coat of arms, and for scaring off foreigners, too

wildrover
Surely everyone knows we are better than the French...??

of course. the French had no Grendel
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Yep..definatly a scarey guy....
isthatu2Threads: 13
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Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂ 		 Jan 11, 11, 18:21    #55
I think he'sa bouncer in Staines....
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wildrover:
Imagine trying to put that thing on your hook to go fishing....!


That's how it came about in the first place!

strzyga:
Grendel


Grendel's mother... and she looked like Angelina Jolie http://mygloss.com/geek/files/2010/08/GrendelsMother4in.jpeg (I wouldn't mind having that on a shield... or a breast plate)

isthatu2:
I think he'sa bouncer in Staines....


More like Hard Candy club in Krakow.
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Joined: Dec 3, 10 ♂ 		 Jan 22, 11, 23:26    #57
isthatu2:
and,erm,Scotlands is the Lion rammpant ....

eh no....the lion rampant is the queens emblem not scotlands
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Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂ 		 Jan 22, 11, 23:45    #58
So the big yellow flag with a huge Red lion Rampant is not a symbol of Scotland then? Thats a lot of flags to put in the bin then...:)
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Joined: Dec 3, 10 ♂ 		 Jan 22, 11, 23:53    #59
isthatu2:
So the big yellow flag with a huge Red lion Rampant is not a symbol of Scotland then?

correct, officially it's the standard for the monarch who rules over Scotland, it used to be forbidden for anyone else to fly the lion rampant but the law was changed to allow us mortals to show it as a symbol of our allegiance to the monarch, which we regularly do at Hampden ;-)
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Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂ 		 Jan 23, 11, 00:09    #60
But when I think of Scottish Monarchs Im thinking more,The Bruce et al,not the german lot ;)

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