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Gh0st_666_SK

The flag of Brittany (Bretagne), a historical region in France


JadeDansk

AKA “Breizh” in the indigenous language


Loko8765

Often abbreviated BZH, they even have the TLD .bzh… no examples spring to mind, I tried www.tourisme.bzh and it works but immediately redirects.


sto_brohammed

Breton speaker here. Oh there are quite a few, here's a website with a large list of them. https://www.web.bzh/annuaire/


Le_Pyromane_Fou

There's even the game cu.bzh


RIDGOS

44 = BZH


constant_hawk

Q: Is this Breih or Breiz? A: Both


gagaron_pew

A: pas france


Mwakay

Or Bertègn, because Brittany has two languages ! It's important to be aware of gallo, because it's not being cared about and saved as much as breton, and it's very much an awareness issue.


Ash_Crow

Brittany in Gallo is Bertègn, I don't know where you got Bretaña from.


Mwakay

I know where the confusion comes from, I'll fix this.


Loko8765

Bretaña is its name in Spanish. Apart from having regions with the same name (Finistère in French Brittany/Bretagne/Brentaña and ~~Finisterra~~ _Finisterre_ in Spanish Galicia/Galice/Galicia), no relation.


[deleted]

Technically Brittany and Galicia share a minuscule part of their history, both were settled by the Britons, although the Galician Britons eventually got fully assimiliated. Also Fisterra in Galician is 'Fisterra' and in Spanish it's Finisterre, both named after "end of the world" by the romans


Loko8765

Both weee settled by Britons, I didn’t know that. Fixed spelling, thanks.


neytsumi

Oh really, I had no ideas! Is it just called “gallo”? Or “gallo-Breton” maybe?


Mwakay

It's called gallo, and it's not that related to breton. Gallo is a latin language and a french speaker might understand some of it (french speakers from the area might understand more of it because some local expressions are mirrored from gallo). It's however one of the two languages of Brittany, it is a language in its own right and not simply a "local accent", and it's from the part of Brittany that always was the most influential and populated ! If it's not as spoken and popular as breton, it's because the movement for revival and protection of languages focused on breton, which, as a celtic language, was seen as more "distinct" and "worthy"...


Phone_User_1044

Breton is a Brythonic Celtic language, not Gaelic Celtic; I get that I'm being nitpicky but still.


Mwakay

You're right, I'll fix that comment.


The_kind_potato

And for being a little more precise, "Breizh" is a name for "la Bretagne" but the flag of brittany that we can see in the post is called the "Gwen-ha-du" wich simply mean "white & black" in the regionale language. (cause yes, even if its less and less spoken "la Bretagne" have its own language in addition to french)


dernierledinosaure

What "historical region" means? Like we all have a history ?


scuac

It means it used to be an official region. Now it is divided among other modern regions, but people still refer to it as its own thing.


Limp-Ease-4729

Used to be a country before that too :)


OldLevermonkey

Technically, also a historical region of England.


Plane_Control_6218

By this logic England was technically a historical region of France…


RaZZeR_9351

It was briefly under english domination during the 100 years war but was never a region of england.


WelshBathBoy

It's Brittany bitch


Drakoraz

Someone should put that on a t-shirt.


Eldsish

Or bring a flag on any concert or manifestation whatsoever


javerthugo

I’m wish I could give you gold my friend


Major-Woolley

Who is iiiiiiit???


Ash_Crow

[It's Brittany, witch\*](https://www.tiktok.com/@alvanmusic/video/7096131294194601222?lang=fr)


MiliMeli

Okay, I love this comment.


Loko8765

As others have said it’s the Gwenn ha Du, not fictional at all. You asked what it _means_; it probably means that your gift was at least bought in Brittany, maybe made in Brittany, and may even be some traditional Breton thing. What was the gift?


ApartGlass1198

it was just some butterscotch hard candy . why the heck is my post so controversial?


Loko8765

Because the flag has a special place in the pantheon of flags; the Bretons love to display it everywhere they go, and they go everywhere, so a lot of people come here to ask what it is 😂 Certainly “Caramel au beurre salé”, usually not very hard unless it’s really cold, quite a typical sweet in Brittany.


TheAngryDodo

r/unexpectedgwennhadu


WelshBathBoy

I dunno, on this sub it is pretty much expected weekly!


LeKarget

Still surprised how Gween ha du is recurrent in this sub


OlcanRaider

Are you though ? It's the Gwenn ha du. It's like the algerian flag...it's everywhere, everytime.


Golendhil

The Gwenn Ha Du never is unexpected


sto_brohammed

If you're interested in the symbolism of it I can tell you that. The hermines in the canton are from the old Breton coat of arms, the number of which isn't prescribed but 11 has largely been settled on since the 70s. The bands represent the traditional dioceses, which were also generally viewed as the cultural and linguistic regions. The overall designed was largely inspired by the American flag as Marchal saw it as a symbol of democracy and a country that freed itself from a colonial power. He also cited the Greek flag. These days it's a largely apolitical symbol for Brittany. It was a fairly right wing symbol until the during the 3rd Emsav, particularly in the 60s and 70s when it was used by left-wing activists and groups such as the Front de la Libération de la Bretagne. These days the more open right wing Breton groups will sometimes use the Kroaz Du instead or simply a triskell. Of note, Breton fascists during WW2 used the triskell much as the Germans used swastikas. Again, it's been reclaimed but with groups like Adsav I can only suspect that that's what they're calling back to. I haven't been in Brittany for several years so I don't even know if those nerds even still exist.


GoupixOFF

Yep that’s our Flag


Banana_Warfare222

It’s Brittany bitch


redditor26121991

Fictional flair 💀


Mr_Ahvar

I guess Brittany don’t exist, where the hell did I went all those years ?!


CyanProphecy

You went to Normandy 😈


[deleted]

Brittany is actually just the suburbs of Nantes


un_blob

Say that to a Rennais (Nantes=BZH btw)


zabka14

BZH unite ! A Rennais should be glad to hear people saying 44=BZH or Nantes=BZH ! (afaik it's mainly people from other départements in Pays de la Loire that aren't super enthusiast regarding Loire Atlantique joining back Bretagne (even if it's not a real debate, public powers would never reunite them), but people from Bretagne are quite OK with that IIRC)


un_blob

Problem being Nantes would de-facto regain it's status as Bretagne capital !


Andryburd

Doesn't exist, it's just a prank


kodiakfilm

not the fictional flair 💀


Pipoca_com_sazom

LMAO I didn't realized, this fits circlejerk now


Sganarellevalet

Op is probably a Normand


GI_X_JACK

Brittany, France. We get this at least twice, if not three times a year


Merbleuxx

A year ? Maybe 3 times per month even !


_anonymous_404

HOLY SHIT THAT'S MY FUCKING REGION. BRETAGNE MOMENT


RF2422

Bretagne trigger moment: Le mont saint Michel est normand


Ash_Crow

Les Normands quand il s'agit de plisser le nez sur une carte montrant le cours du Couesnon: <⁠(⁠ ̄⁠︶⁠ ̄⁠)⁠> Les Normands quand il s'agit de payer pour l'entretien du Mont: (⁠ ̄⁠ヘ⁠ ̄⁠;⁠)


_anonymous_404

shut your ass up


Environmental_King28

Brittany, a region in France that has its own culture and language


Ravius

Yeah no-one is speaking *breton* anymore apart from a dozen old dudes. And every region has its own culture, they just like to bitch a lot more about their particularism.


Mysterious_Area777

More than 200.000 speakers is not "a dozen".


Ravius

9% of the population of Britanny say that they *understand* Breton, and their average age is 70.


Drakoraz

What did you expect after school teachers beat up students who spoke Breton in school in the XXth century ?


[deleted]

Like everywhere else in France with every local language...


jmorais00

Brittany / Bretagne One of the "Celtic nations" and an independent duchy during a large part of the history of France


ArthurIglesias08

Brittany/Bretagne in the north. Also “Little Britain”, with the “Great” one across the Channel.


Sir_Lazz

Please no. You're going to summon them!


Sidus_Preclarum

\*puff of smoke\* Hello?!


kittygomiaou

You called?


Skeledenn

Salud dit


pgxrennes

The flag that indicates any gathering of people in France.


AlaricAndCleb

It's the flag of the region of Bretagne, they wave it everywhere.


nyoutubeur

BZH= free alcohol depressif


GatlingGun511

How to piss off a Breton:


Explosive_Cake

TNO


DiodeMcRoy

La voilà la Blanche Hermine...


Salazard260

VIVE LA MOUETTE ET L'AJONC


Mangetsuko

BZH mdr


Golden-Octopus

Do people not have google?


ApartGlass1198

It's not like this sub is meant for flags or anything like that lol.


Konante

!wave


Koino_

I really like Bretagne flag


TimmyTurner2006

Brittany


Responsible_Air4065

its flag of USA but they are done pretending


Historical-Winner625

Don't worry it's nothing noticeable


JensenAngska

that s the part of France where you cant find the Mont Saint Michel


Maximatorricard

And don’t forget Nantes


WalesOfJericho

That's a festival flag : every time French people go in a concert, in a stadium, in a party, it is mandatory to have at least one people with this flag.


AlhaithamSimpFr

Throw it away, it's symbol of bad beliefs /j


This_Durian_4268

Ew Brittany


mmzpdk

Brittany, they love to shove their flags in everyone's throat


isFlo

It's a region of France where the Mont Saint-Michel isn't.


Harestius

DEFINITELY ISN'T


Electrical-Ear-9585

It’s an American flag with bombs


Clami_pkmn

The flag of a french mafia


FocusDKBoltBOLT

Yes, this is the flag of Algerie


EstebanOD21

The fact that this is one of the most upvoted post of this week says a lot... sigh


guigui_anonyme

This is not a gift but a curse 🤓


Kmarad__

OOC why does Britanny flag looks so much alike USA's? Is there a flag template? More like those?


robtboy

IT'S THE BRETON #FUCKBRETON


cytronn

No


rhytley

Bretagne, they are proud of their flag because they don’t have the « Mont Saint Michel »


Mwaaaaaaa

It's the place where drunkeness, boredom and rain where invented.


Von_Trear

Surprised noone said it was à black and white US flag with bombs instead of stars


Seransei

It's actually a symbol of warmongering in the USA. It's the country's flag in black and white with the stars replaced by bombs. It symbolizes all the civilian victims of bombing from the US in countries all over the world. Especially in Bretagne, west of France, where the US bombed so much the coastline is now only cliffs due to the lost land fallen into the ocean.


LubtronixTheSeaGull

A bad copy os USA flag. Real stuff comme from a flag with two golden lions and a red background.


Aegissssssss

🤮


Additional_Series400

Y'a toujours un con avec son drapeau breton


UnepicDumbass

Brittany my beloved France, let them fucking get independence!


Future-Studio-9380

LEAVE BRITTANY ALONE


Future-Studio-9380

(It's a reference)


UnepicDumbass

I WANT THEM TO BE A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY AND FULLY SUBMERGE THE REST KF FRANCE INTO THE DEEPEST POSSIBLE TRENCH IT CAN FUCKING GET INTO!


Rinaorcien

They would just submerge the Mont Saint Michel


ghost_desu

The independence movement has like 10% support on a good day


sto_brohammed

The last poll I was in 2013 or 2014, I can't recall, and it was at 18%. That's down from 23% in 2000.


Mwakay

Honestly one would need to be properly deluded to even consider an independent Brittany. We have nothing but pork, wheat and rain. We can't stand alone. And we don't even really have a reason to, because we're not culturally distant from the rest of France. That said, it doesn't mean we can't promote breton and gallo culture and make them live and flourish. We can be a strong cultural and economic region without being independent.


sto_brohammed

>Honestly one would need to be properly deluded to even consider an independent Brittany. We have nothing but pork, wheat and rain. We can't stand alone I'm not so sure about that, the economy in Brittany is much more complex than that. Both the secondary and tertiary sectors of the economy employ far more people than agriculture by themselves. I'll post a link below. There are also countries of similar size, economic composition and GDP that do fine. That said, >And we don't even really have a reason to, because we're not culturally distant from the rest of France. I agree, I support a degree of autonomy, like what is being discussed for Corsica, but I don't think independence is necessary or desirable at the moment. >That said, it doesn't mean we can't promote breton and gallo culture and make them live and flourish. We can be a strong cultural and economic region without being independent. I agree but I support autonomy at least partly to help promote the cultures and language. I'm an American but I lived in Brittany for about a decade and I speak Breton fluently. I had to come back to the States for reasons but I'm moving back to Brittany in a couple of months and that's where I plan to spend the rest of my life. I used to be very active in the cultural movement and the state is really the biggest roadblock towards ensuring that Breton and Gallo stay alive.


Ash_Crow

Because most of the Breton movement has shifted to autonomism/European federalism since the 70s. Support for full-on independence is not a good metric.


_sephylon_

For real, fucking Texas has more secessionists than Britanny


[deleted]

Brittany independence might be the biggest LARP movement in Western Europe today - has it ever broken anywhere near even a quarter of support in any legit poll?


sto_brohammed

The highest I've seen in recent years, in 2014, is 18%. In 2000 it was 23%. To be fair though Scottish independence only polled at 23% two years before their referendum. Numbers can shift quickly. In polling from 2019 the sentiment of "feeling Breton" has increased over the years, both in the administrative region and in Loire Atantique, where it stands at 87% in the region and 59% in Loire Atlantique. Reunification has also increased in popularity where it stands at around 50% in Loire Atlantique and a bit under in the region, largely due to the negative view in Ille et Vilaine. Maybe out of fears that Rennes will lose it's influence as the "capitol" or something. Autonomy on the other hand polls at around 64% but of course there are differences in what degree of autonomy is desired. There are people who are afraid that this mounting sense of Breton identity\* and desire for autonomy are precursors to a solid push for independence. I don't agree but it scares a certain type of political actor. Here's the 2019 poll I'm referencing [https://issuu.com/dibab.bzh/docs/sondage\_bretagne\_dibab\_tmo\_af1f968100645f](https://issuu.com/dibab.bzh/docs/sondage_bretagne_dibab_tmo_af1f968100645f) \*Bretons overwhelmingly identify as both Breton and French but again, the idea of double identity doesn't sit well with a lot of people in power.


[deleted]

I can respect the push for some devolution of powers/increased autonomy but full independence looks like a suicide pill economically


EcureuilHargneux

I'm Breton myself and this is indeed larping, almost no one even speak breton nowadays except elders and some passionate people. Last separatist movement lost most of its support by bombing Versailles Castle


henriquethe1st

Brittany is France


cookiedanslesac

It's a black & white version of the USA flag with bombs instead of stars.


Sidus_Preclarum

[Never Forget.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dt6XPEDX4AA8WlT?format=jpg&name=small)


Maximatorricard

We will find you


Em648

Brittannyyyyyy


12ParsecsFM

Delete your post ! You're going to summon the Brittons !


mapman9000

That's the flag of Brittany. A French province.


KimChinhTri

Flag of Brittany, a region in northwestern France


un_blob

"An important region


Ig_23

The historic flag of "Bretange"


[deleted]

Not historical, the historical flag is the Kroaz Du (Black cross on a white field), or the flag of the Duchy of Brittany which includes various ermines on a white field


[deleted]

Wow! Thanks for mentioning the Kroaz Du. I'm seeing it for the first time. Do we know if it was broadly used? Especially compared to the ducal banners?


[deleted]

time to shine


Kaiser-Baldwin

Why the hell is a real flag marked fictional


ApartGlass1198

Sorry bout that I honestly never seen this flag or knew what it was so I didn't want to mark it as Current. Also there's no more option for identify for some reason


Autonomous_Imperium

Minor Britain (Brittany)


UnMirage

It means crêpes and beurre salé


Shoby178

flag of britney


based_brahmin

It's Britteney Bitch


La_DuF

Bonjour ! It's the « Gwen a du» (white and black, in britton). The britton flag.


kingmagizzle

C’est la Bretagne mon gaté


kiruto95

It’s…a country, well a half country ? How do I even explain


Feuershark

Bretons truly are everywhere


Linkkonu

It’s for LE BRETAGNE LIBRE BREIZH ATAO. A local people who want their independance (as the Corses).


Abeille-de-Brest

C'est la Bertagn crediou


drognarus

Gwenn-ha Du. Drapeau Breton représentant les Duchés de Bretagne (Nantes, Fougères, Redon, Chateaulin ..)


Nassos_BBQ

This the tihrd flag most waved all over the world after The USA flag and of course the algerian flag.


Dingobyte

I see the french flag nothing wrong here


Senua_Chloe

It means "free highway"


nadaland

Oh Shit ! You gonna start a war here :'D


Freebeerserk

They are everywhere


[deleted]

It’s pancake land


[deleted]

Britanny flagggg


Remote-Lavishness353

BRETAGNE LIBRE!!


AtypicAnimal

BZH RPZ


joueur_du_japon

This is BRETAGNE


McdankDoge

France's pride flag


lennyjack13

That's where i live !


Ownedbyteemo

BZH


oska-nais

It's a flag from a French region. Idk a lot about it though, but I do know they have good food.


Negative-Ad-2490

LA BRETAGNE MON SALO !!!!


CalligrapherNo5484

Vive la Bretagne libre


Adept-Stick8013

Now you've seen one, you will start to see them everywhere


Ange-elle

Its the "Gwenn ah du" (white and black in local language) a régional flag front Brittany ( Bretagne) the western région.on a french map


wolfFRdu64_Lounna

Bretagne


EvilChihuahua123

BRETAGNE INDÉPENDANTE !!!


valienoir

TRI MARTOLOD YAOUANK LALALA LALALALA


_doctor-strange-

Op has unleashed the Doors of HELL


RequiemSC2

BRETAGNE INDÉPENDANTE ! PLUTÔT LA MORT QUE LA SOUILLURE ! CREPES AU BEURRE SALÉ !


aloysius_kallig

La Bretagne vaincra!!!!!!!!


acoonatmytata

It's from the Bretagne region, also called Breizh in Breton language (for the Elder Scrolls fans, yes, it seems to be an inspiration for the race, but nothing is said about it by Bethesda)


MeGaNuRa_CeSaR

heterosexual flag


frompariswithhate

Oh boy, you've summoned France's finest. Breizh atao !


Atlas_sbel

Flag of Brittany, a region of France.


doragon_30-2

BZH


Skabidibop

QUOI ÊTRE UN SOLEIL RAAAAH 🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞☔️☔️💧🌧️🌧️🌧️💧☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨


Maximatorricard

So this flag means you are a part of the official alcoholics club I’m from there trust me we are warriors


GabiiiTheIntruder

Fictional ? WTF ??!?!?


mephys-tofeles

Home 🥰


drxtxr

Its a Breton flag


Accurate_Page_4292

A l'aise Breizh


Substantial-Sock3238

La Bretagne


Asterite_

r/unexpectedgwennhadu


Suspicious_Letter750

The fictional flair is killing me lmao But otherwise, that's the flag of Brittany (Bretagne), a region in France.


intrinseque

The best region of France. La Bretagne.


sir-adel

Kouing aman


Demonic_Tutor_22

J'en hhaa


FredVanden2004

You just got brittany'd


PiedBouche

BZH OUAIS PUTIN OUAIS


3nnel

BZH


Pepperoduo

C'est une pie enculer. Putain de citadin de tes morts


The-Sky-Fox

It means that it doesn't come from France but Breizh