OscarMeyr wrote: > As a pirate (in an MMO game), I have to point out that most pirates > fly black colors, and would NEVER refer to the colors as a > "pennant." The slang term is "sheet," for ex-navy the term is > "ensign," and for landlubbers the term is "flag." But "pennant" -- > never.
On Red: "No matter how much seamen dreaded the black pirate standard, all prayed they never encountered the "Bloody Red". This red flag boldly declared the pirates' intentions: that no life would be spared." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolly_Roger On Pennant: "The pennant, or historically called a pennon, is a long narrow flag which conveys different meanings depending on its design and use." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_flag On "Red Pennant": Its use in a pirate attack comes to me from no finer authority than The Adventures of Tintin, I'll have you know. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_the_Unicorn -Goethe
