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Title: eh whats your motto mate
Post by: needles eye on June 17, 2011, 08:54:09 am
anyone know the motto of the USA?
Title: Re: eh whats your motto mate
Post by: needles eye on June 17, 2011, 08:56:59 am
try e pluribus unum (late L.), one out of many
Title: Re: eh whats your motto mate
Post by: fragged8 on June 17, 2011, 09:11:09 am
which seems a bit odd to me as has the USA ever spoke Latin as
a first language ?

Rich
Title: Re: eh whats your motto mate
Post by: Gregg @ Keystone Sewing on June 17, 2011, 10:31:35 am
My folks were born, raised, and worked in Philadelphia their entire lives, and when they told an Aussie where they are from while on a bus tour of all places in California, he said, Oh, the city of brotherly love."

And they promplty asked, oh, so you know about our city, have you been there?  He said, no, but that's actually what the term Philadelphia means in Greek.  Greek words "philos" which means love, and "adelphos" which means brother.

My parents had no idea about this.  I love learing things about myself from people from other regions!
Title: Re: eh whats your motto mate
Post by: sofadoc on June 17, 2011, 02:48:38 pm
Our national motto is "In God We Trust"
We just can't say it in our schools. Wouldn't want to offend anyone.
"Freedom OF religion" has somehow evolved into "Freedom FROM religion"

Quote from: Gregg @ Keystone Sewing on June 17, 2011, 10:31:35 am
My folks were born, raised, and worked in Philadelphia their entire lives, and when they told an Aussie where they are from while on a bus tour of all places in California, he said, Oh, the city of brotherly love."

In Texas, we Cowboy fans refer to Philly as "The city of brotherly SHOVE" :D