Google snubs St George - again Google has once again snubbed England's dragon-slaying patron saint, despite our threat back in 2005 to take our porn search queries elsewhere. Indeed, while El Reg today proudly celebrates this most English of days, Google remains resolutely St George-free. We were going to email the search monolith to request the usual half- …
I applaud your pointing out the flaw with Google, but from my PC here all I can see on the Reg page is the SUN logo on a nice purple banner. Admittedly, I did see a quick flash of St Georges flag, but those buggers at SUN plonked themselves right on top of it :)
Cry 'God for Harry! England and Saint George!' Indeed!
Andy...
So St George's Day got missed again. So it was last there in 2002. At least St George's Day has had some recognition. On the 2002 Google logo, it was marked "St George's Day - UK", yet it's England that bothers about it. Us poor Scots have had no St Andrew's Day logos, nor even recognition by Google at all.
Get over yourselves.
Maybe I'm wrong but I'm sure that on St Patricks Day, Google was rife with Shamrocks and other such Irish paraphanalia. Yet on St Georges day there's not a red cross, dragon or knight in shining armour in sight.
The English always manage to celebrate the day to be Irish (more because it's a great reason to get bladdered than because they might be one 2000th Irish) but St George gets overlooked?
Is Google run by Paddy Power or vegans dispising the idea of a living creature being slaughtered?
Surely Google much be considered as discriminating against the English as they are happy to stick up other countries national day emblems.
As the story back in 2004 highlighted, Google missed it then and apologised but then they go and do it again this year. Think there's to it they admit.
Think it's about time Google finally gives a truthful answer to why they won't support it!
Google - The English people await your answer!!
Unlike St. Patrick & St. David - St. George is largely a mythological character and to confuse matters he is also the patron of Canada, Catalonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Montenegro, Portugal and Serbia. He was most likely an Arab (Palestinian or possibly Turkish) he never came to Britain and is not the original patron saint of England (he replaced St. Edmund around 1350). St Andrew was probably Greek.
I guess it is difficult to justify getting enthusiastic about someone so vague and who has little connection with any of "his" patronised countries.
At least The Irish and the Welsh have saints who came for these Islands (even if St Patrick was a Brython not a Gael)...
The English have pretty much got it sewn up in the UK anyway. They've been in control for the last few hundred years and they never let anyone forget about it. As for the casual, blatant racism that the English show towards their Scottish and Welsh neighbours- well, how about you just cut that out, eh? Then you can get a little bit more respect, and not until.
.. apparently you Welsh folk get announcements in English *and* Welsh at Paddington station on St. David's Day. Not that anyone would notice the difference as you usually can't hear what they're announcing anyway.
But yes. Jolly bad show chaps re: . St. 'Sun is having a big sale cos they're 25 years old' -'s Day hasn't got the same ring to it..
If you Brits would just follow the lead of the Irish and add beer-drinking and public exposition to St. George's Day, then none of this would be a problem!
You should immediately start down this road by attaching wings, horns and a tail to a keg of beer and then ritualistically "slaying the dragon" in the local village square.
Just a little advice from your Yank cousins....
So the only reason St. Patrick's Day is popular worldwide is because it's an excuse for a piss-up?
Damn.. and there was me thinking it was something deeper than that. Oh well.. pass the beers, I may be 24 hours late but I have some serious catching up to do in the name of St. George.
THIS IS WHAT I SENT DIRECTLY TO GOOGLE:-
Iam rather surprised at the lack of interest in St. Georges day, today, by your company. I note that you are pleased to acknowledge Ireland, Scotland and Wales but seem to ignore England and I consider this most unpatriotic.
I am NOT a rabid English Nationalist but I do love my country and gave 22 years of my life to it and to you in the Royal Air Force, prepared to die if necessary. Now, when my comrades and I have made the succession safe you, and your ilk, are unprepared to acknowledge our willingly given service, I doubt that you even wish to know about England. Be proud and wave St. Georges flag, even if he was a Turk he is OUR petron saint.
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