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      05-09-2006, 11:23 AM   #1
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Korean and Japanese Flag similarity?

Okay, this one is totally off topic, but I figured that with all the Asian members, someone would know the answer to this.

My father served as an American officer in the Korean war. We had a brief discussion about the pre-WWII Empire of Japan, and how that country at one time had rule over Korea. Have you ever noticed how both the Korean and Japanese flags have a white background with a circle in the center (with red color). He said that after the Japanese left Korea, the Koreans changed the flag a little bit by putting the Yin/Yang symbol in the middle and by adding the marks in the four corners.

Is this true about the similarities or is this coincidence?
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They may look similar at a glance but the foundations behind these flags are based off of are totally dissimilar.

South Korea's flag: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Korea
Japan's flag: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_japan

There are no similarities regarding the basis of the flags but as you said, there is indeed a similarity about the aethetics of the flags.
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      05-09-2006, 12:32 PM   #3
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there is indeed a similarity about the aethetics of the flags.
now it's someone else's turn to bust the balls, it's AESTHETICS, "aethetics"??? Psh, what kind of grade school did you go to???
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      05-09-2006, 12:37 PM   #4
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Damn, of all the words in the world I had to spell aesthetics wrong!?! That's it, time-out for my left ring finger!!!
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same with mexico and itality
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      05-09-2006, 05:43 PM   #6
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Same with Monaco and Indonesia.
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      05-09-2006, 05:45 PM   #7
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Yeah I think its more similarity than anything else.
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Yo!!! Because of this thread, I'm creating a new race today, BLACKASIAN. Whadup now?!!?!?!?!?! If someone has Pshop, let's make a flag!!!
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Yo!!! Because of this thread, I'm creating a new race today, BLACKASIAN. Whadup now?!!?!?!?!?! If someone has Pshop, let's make a flag!!!
It's called blackanese.
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It's called blackanese.
No, Blackasian.
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No, Blackasian.
Blackanese is the generally accepted term.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...erm=blackanese
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Blackanese is the generally accepted term.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...erm=blackanese
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no one uses that term!
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Quote:
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It's called blackanese.

tiger wood is a blackanese....but he won't admit it!
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Similarities? Our Dutch flag:
http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/oip/Imag...lands-flag.gif

And the Luxembourg flag:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afbeeld...Luxembourg.svg

Only the Dutch blue is more dark.

Luxemburg is a neighbouring country with only about 450,000 citizens but well doing(understatement )
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Blackanese is the generally accepted term.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...erm=blackanese
Dood?!!! Never heard that term before! Check out this definition.

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When an Italian kid forgets to wash their knees and their grandfather, Luigi, sees them and says, "Whatsa matter for you? Whya you gotta the blacka knees?"

Anthony forgot to wash his knees and when his grandfather, Luigi, seen them, he asked; "Whatsa matter for you? Whya you gotta the blacka knees?"

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Quote:
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tiger wood is a blackanese....but he won't admit it!
Tiger Woods actually considers himself as "Cablanasian" for being Caucasian, Black, and Asian. He's a new race because he doesn't want to associate with the rest of the lowly, mediocre masses!

http://www.thedailystar.net/2005/08/...8271503106.htm
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Blackanese

Cablanasian?
So he gets to watch AZN on Hi-Def TV.

I think Rae Dawn Chong beat him to it.
BTW, Hines Ward rules. Some D Back called him a "Chinese Be-atch" and he laid him out cold a few plays later.
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