[PW] Re: U.S. flag never at half-mast/half-staff

[david meadows]

On  aliquis scripsit:

| Is this a private fight or can anyone join in?
| 
| In this country, on land we fly flags from flagpoles ;-) This
| is a British flag etiquette site
| http://www.leicester.gov.uk/naco/Home%20Page%20Pics/NACO%20Flag%
| 20Protocol.pdf
| or  http://tinyurl.com/y99zzt
| You will note that they use the phrase "half-mast".
| 
| Sylvia Milne
| 

Interesting ... note the Wikipedia article last paragraph of the intro:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_staff

... says the usage of the term varies according to language community ....
then there's this piece from the CBC, commenting on use in Canada:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/words/flagflap.html

... as seems usual in this country, we apparently can't make up our mind.

dm

(IOW, I'm not admitting I'm wrong, but I'm not claiming 100% right either)