Tuesday, May 02, 2006

State Mottos are LAME

I just happen to be looking at some State Mottos on Wikipedia and I realized something - THEY ARE LAME!!!

Here are some of the worst ones:

First of all - how many times can we THANK GOD???
Arizona - Ditat Deus (Latin, "God enriches")
Colorado - Nil sine numine (Latin, "Nothing without Providence" or "Nothing without the Deity")
Florida - In God we trust
Hawaii - Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono (Hawaiian, "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness")
Ohio - With God, all things are possible
South Dakota - Under God the people rule

BORING:
Georgia - Wisdom, justice, and moderation
Washington - Al-ki (Chinook Jargon, "By and by")

HUH?:
Maryland - Fatti maschii, parole femine (Italian, "Manly deeds, womanly words")
Michigan - Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (Latin, "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you")
New Mexico - Crescit eundo (Latin, "It grows as it goes")
North Carolina - Esse quam videri (Latin, "To be rather than to seem")
Oregon - Alis volat propriis (Latin, "She flies with her own wings")
Virginia - Sic semper tyrannis (Latin, "Thus always to tyrants")


That's it?:
Montana - Oro y plata (Spanish, "Gold and silver")
Rhode Island - Hope
Oklahoma - Labor vincit omnia (Latin, "Labor conquers all things")
Texas - Friendship
Utah - Industry
Wisconsin - Forward
Wyoming - Equal rights

4 Comments:

Blogger happy roy said...

this post begs the question: WHY were you looking for state mottos? ;)

May 02, 2006 9:45 PM  
Blogger elad said...

Texas - Friendship?? yeah, right. should be, "Don't Mess With Texas!"

May 03, 2006 11:49 AM  
Blogger Shawn said...

just a random wiki search -- sometimes i come across the strangest things

May 03, 2006 11:50 AM  
Blogger Shawn said...

i think dont mess with texas is their unofficial slogan

May 03, 2006 2:26 PM  

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