TT - I warned you not to get me started on the flag/jack issue
You have taken on the mantle of the pub know-it-all so must bear the consequences - so.....
Bollocks!
To follow that line of reasoning is to :
* ignore that fact the English is a living language, and 'majority rule' ends up changing the meaning of words (if not, why are we not still using some of it's older names, eg. 'the British flag' or 'the flag of Britain'.
* to assume that everyone is happy for the 'name' of an object to change depending on where it is located - by no means a given.
* to assume that Uni mates who are RN are capable of independent non-partisan thoughts.
* and most importantly, to assume that the parliamentary approval of the 'union jack' as being an acceptable term for the national flag (1908) has in some way been rescinded.
Both are acceptable. Neither is wrong - super-technically or otherwise - and you can tell that to the Navy