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From the Ted Talk by Michael Green: How flags unite (and divide) us

Unscramble the Blue Letters


But let's pick on grgoeia for a second, shall we? So in 1956, a few years after desegregation was mtadnaed in pilbuc schools, Georgia changed their state flag to this. I think everyone watching can agree that this was not meant to be a flag that every Georgian was proud to fly outside of their home, was it? No. Just like all of the Confederate statues erected in the mid-1950s and '60s, this was meant to be a symbol of who was in charge and who was not. This rmaenied the flag of Georgia until the year 2001, and in that year, they changed their flag to this. Now, as a flag expert, I can tell you: this is olfliicafy ugly. OK? It's OK to laguh at this flag. It's ugly, and because it's so ugly, that's one of the reasons they changed it just two years later. They had a referendum where they got to cshooe between that thing and then what is now the current flag of Georgia.

Open Cloze


But let's pick on _______ for a second, shall we? So in 1956, a few years after desegregation was ________ in ______ schools, Georgia changed their state flag to this. I think everyone watching can agree that this was not meant to be a flag that every Georgian was proud to fly outside of their home, was it? No. Just like all of the Confederate statues erected in the mid-1950s and '60s, this was meant to be a symbol of who was in charge and who was not. This ________ the flag of Georgia until the year 2001, and in that year, they changed their flag to this. Now, as a flag expert, I can tell you: this is __________ ugly. OK? It's OK to _____ at this flag. It's ugly, and because it's so ugly, that's one of the reasons they changed it just two years later. They had a referendum where they got to ______ between that thing and then what is now the current flag of Georgia.

Solution


  1. choose
  2. officially
  3. mandated
  4. laugh
  5. remained
  6. georgia
  7. public

Original Text


But let's pick on Georgia for a second, shall we? So in 1956, a few years after desegregation was mandated in public schools, Georgia changed their state flag to this. I think everyone watching can agree that this was not meant to be a flag that every Georgian was proud to fly outside of their home, was it? No. Just like all of the Confederate statues erected in the mid-1950s and '60s, this was meant to be a symbol of who was in charge and who was not. This remained the flag of Georgia until the year 2001, and in that year, they changed their flag to this. Now, as a flag expert, I can tell you: this is officially ugly. OK? It's OK to laugh at this flag. It's ugly, and because it's so ugly, that's one of the reasons they changed it just two years later. They had a referendum where they got to choose between that thing and then what is now the current flag of Georgia.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
flag code 11
united states 4
american flag 2
state flag 2
powerful tools 2
world war 2
brand guides 2
nazi flag 2
nfl players 2
players kneeling 2
blue lives 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
nfl players kneeling 2

Important Words


  1. agree
  2. changed
  3. charge
  4. choose
  5. confederate
  6. current
  7. desegregation
  8. erected
  9. expert
  10. flag
  11. fly
  12. georgia
  13. georgian
  14. home
  15. laugh
  16. mandated
  17. meant
  18. officially
  19. pick
  20. proud
  21. public
  22. reasons
  23. referendum
  24. remained
  25. schools
  26. state
  27. statues
  28. symbol
  29. ugly
  30. watching
  31. year
  32. years