Microsoft explains 'everything they can find about Flag Day' in a report you can access through 'the emboldened link(s)' below; but first I want to teach you about those words. And I find you understand words better if you see 'the words at their base' (then going on to look at the words at those words' bases, then the words at those words' bases, etc.-etc. ad infinitum into their Foundation)
The word “Flapping” (meaning of 'a supporting-word beneath' "Flag") is ultimately Imitative---imitating 'the Flapping' with ancient words that mean "|Hit, Strike, Beat (the wings), Shake, Dash about" (the "thing that hangs down" is probably named for its Flapping motion).
#Flapped #Flapjack #Flapper #Unflappable #MudFlap #MudFlaps #Flaps
USA TODAY (shared by MSN News) deepens our understanding by answering the questions Did Betsy Ross make the first one? Why is it nicknamed 'Old Glory'? What to know on Flag Day. (msn.com)
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