It's Fun To Know About World Flags, I Study English With It!

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Mari: It's Fun To Know About World Flags, I Study English With It!
( I talked about flags with my teacher. This is my TEDtalk. If I had a chance, I will talk about this. In this story,there are many (flag:○○), If you can use those in the Skype chat window, you can show flags visible emoticons. Please try it!! )

I am a saleswoman. My Job is to sale pretty accessories and key holders. We have many products and accessories attached with affordable rhinestones that many girls will love. However, I love flag charms the most, among the many products, somehow. It is because many people became happy seeing their favorite country flags. I noticed that there's no doubt they love their countries' flag, and I thought that I wanted to know more about it. l am a little bit crazy about learning it but I find it very interesting. 

Nowadays, I use a mug and a paperweight prented with the Japanese flag. However, in Japan, this is not a paperweight, it's called a chopstick rest. I sometimes see something to flags. For example, this is a famous Japanese convenience store is called Family mart. It looks the same with its sign to the flag of Sierra Leone (flag:SL). This is very popular pencil eraser, MoNo which all students would use at least one time. It looks the similar with the flag of Estonia (flag:EE).
My English teachers live in the Philippines. It's flag (flag:PH) is very similar to Czech Republic (flag:CZ). They were suprised because Many of them didn't know.
This is my contry's flag Japan (flag:JP) that is similar to the flag of Bangladesh (flag:BD) and Palau (flag:PW).  Those may look simple yet so lovely.
I think that you are wanting to know more.I just wanna say that this feeling is fun for me.  Probably, many people have flags they don't know. The 193 countries are members of the United Nations. The number of countries that Japan approved is 196.  They have their own flag. Other islands, many states, cities and committees also have a flag. Therefor, there are more flags than 196 in the world. Everything has important meanings. It represents using a design and colors.

Anyway, let's look at some flags.

This is the oldest tricolor in the world  flag of Netherlands (flag:NL). It is surprisingly a horizontal tricolor, it has big influences to other flags. 
Many flags have three stripes.
If all colors of Netherlands (flag:NL) turns lighter shade, it is the flag of Luxembourg (flag:LU).  If the white is on top, it is the flag of Russian Federation (flag:RU). If the blue replaces the green, it is the flag of Bulgaria (flag:BG).  Next is Hungary (flag:HU), the following are Gabon (flag:GA), Sierra Leone (flag:SL), it looks like Family mart for me, Yemen (flag:YE), Armenia (flag:AM), Lithuania (flag:LT), Germany (flag:DE), Estonia (flag:EE), the MoNo eraser, and  Austria (flag:AT).
There are many flags that the base color is horizontal tricolor and the national emblem or other symbls  are added in the center. 
Argentina (flag:AR), El Salvador (flag:SV), Nicaragua (flag:NI), and Honduras (flag:HN). Those are the same horizontal tricolor using blue, white and blue.  It's amazing!
Next is Paraguay (flag:PY), Croatia (flag:HR),India (flag:IN),Niger (flag:NE), Bolivia (flag:BO) where there is beautiful Salar de Uyuni, and Ghana (flag:GH). In fact, there are  many more horizontal tricolor and the national emblem or other symbls  are added in the center.
On one hand,speaking of tricolor, the most popular flag is France (flag:FR).
Those are three vertical stripes. It's Italy (flag:IT). The red turns the orange,  Ireland (flag:IE). If its turns inside out Cote D’Ivoire (flag:CI). Next is Belgium (flag:BE), where tasty beer are found. When the flag of Chad (flag:TD) turns lighter shade, it becomes Romania (flag:RO).
This is the flag of Nigeria (flag:NG).  If the flag of Mali (flag:ML) turns inside out, it becomes Guinea (flag:GN).
There are also many flags that the base color is vertical stripes and the national emblem or other symbls  are added in the center.
The flag which used the largest number colors is the flag of South Africa (flag:ZA).

On the other hand,Libyan Arab Jamahiriya had only one color which was green, however, they changed it in 2011. (flag:LY)
Flags designed with eagle or bird represent freedom and hope.
Those are Egypt (flag:EG), Albania (flag:AL), Montenegro (flag:ME), Papua New Guinea (flag:PG), Dominica (flag:DM), Zambia (flag:ZM),  Zimbabwe (flag:ZW), Uganda (flag:UG) and Kazakhstan (flag:KZ).
This is famous story. The flag of the United Kingdom (flag:GB) represents the flags of three countries. These countries are England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Today, I showed 31 countries flags. It'still less than half though.
But, I am happy to talk with you about flags. Truth is I was not able to speak English textbooks well around two years ago. My teacher sent me poems to practice reading. Those were originally for children but I was glad when the moment I understood them. I think that it is wondful for them also to study English.
Many people are learning it. I want to do with them.
Today's last stand, I will share something with you.
Tracy looked at the flag. The flag is red, white, and blue. It has 50 white stars. The white stars are on a blue square. The flag has six white stripes. It has seven red stripes. All the stripes are horizontal. They are not vertical. The stripes do not go up and down. They go from left to right. Tracy loves her flag. It is the flag of her country. It is a pretty flag. No other flag has 50 stars. No other flag has 13 stripes.
This is a flag of the United States of America (flag:US)
Someday, it will be good for us to be able to meet there.
To my teacher.  I'm studying English while having fun. Thank you always.