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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: our motto / no motto #21693 03/11/2001 4:23 AM Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered Philologia, ergo Amicitia (i'm quite sure i've translated this incorrectly, but what i'm seeking is a phrase to mean "A common pursuit of knowledge makes us friends) Scribbler, can you help?? ~CD Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: our motto / no motto #21694 03/11/2001 12:47 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 116 Jerusalem, ISRAEL Shoshannah member Shoshannah member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 116 Jerusalem, ISRAEL Oh - just another possibility - from an old old friend back in North Carolina who used to say, upon taking leave of a good friend, See you in the soup! Don't know HOW it could translate to Latin, though! Shoshannah suzanne pomeranz, tourism consultant jerusalem, israel - suztours@gmail.com Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: our motto / no motto #21695 03/11/2001 12:59 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA "Our word is our bond" ? Nice double meaning there. wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: our motto / no motto #21696 03/11/2001 2:36 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 116 Jerusalem, ISRAEL Shoshannah member Shoshannah member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 116 Jerusalem, ISRAEL In reply to: "Our word is our bond" ? Nice double meaning there. wow Okay - that's good. How about: VERBUM SAT - a word is enough or perhaps SATIS VERBORUM - enough of words or perhaps VERBUM ASCENDERE - as in (maybe?) the slang expression Word Up meaning, I think, "you speak the truth" Shoshannah suzanne pomeranz, tourism consultant jerusalem, israel - suztours@gmail.com Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: our motto / no motto #21697 03/11/2001 3:40 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Close but not quite The phrade is similar to "My word is my bond" meaning you promise to do something by giving your word rather than by posting a surety of money or signing a contract. A matter of honor! Bond also means "in a state of slavery" also something "fastened to another," also "cohere. Extrapolating that, the motto would be that we are bound together by our love of words and that words are the bond, or pledge, surety to one another that we will be honorable in our dealings with each other. Complex enough to pose a challenge for any translator yet simple enough to convey the spirit of AWAD. Whew! Any takers? wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: our motto / no motto #21698 03/11/2001 4:31 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 116 Jerusalem, ISRAEL Shoshannah member Shoshannah member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 116 Jerusalem, ISRAEL wow - I did understand the meaning of your suggested motto - I was just making some suggestions of my own - like we need any more mottos to think about for this board! Anyway -are we ready to make a decision? Should we just vote? How about if everyone takes another look at the possibilities - at least all those offered on this thread - and then just POST (on this thread, please) the one you prefer - and in truly democratic fashion, the one with the most posts wins?? Shoshannah suzanne pomeranz, tourism consultant jerusalem, israel - suztours@gmail.com Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: our motto / no motto #21699 03/11/2001 4:45 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass but... this ain't a democracy! in fact, this is the closest thing to a *working anarchy that I've yet to come across. or maybe 'chaos theory come to pass' would be a better analogy. all worship the sacred chao. up the logomachists! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: our motto / no motto #21700 03/11/2001 4:57 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 116 Jerusalem, ISRAEL Shoshannah member Shoshannah member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 116 Jerusalem, ISRAEL Well then, MR. tsuwm, how about coming up with the Latin translation of chaos theory come to pass and we can use THAT as our motto! Sounds perfect to me!!! Shoshannah suzanne pomeranz, tourism consultant jerusalem, israel - suztours@gmail.com Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: our motto / no motto #21701 03/11/2001 5:01 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass now that i've seen it actually in print (so to speak), I'm kinda partial to UP THE LOGOMACHISTS! myself. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: our motto / no motto #21702 03/12/2001 1:18 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 How about a variation on Plato's motto for his Academy: Let only linguaphiles enter here Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: our motto / no motto #21703 03/12/2001 1:30 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA I'm getting around to the view that a motto for AWAD is like the Old China Marines' philosophy : "If the Corps wanted you to have a wife, it would have issued you one." wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: our motto / no motto #21704 03/12/2001 1:43 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 But who wants to be in the Marines? And remember how proud the Marines are of their motto! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: our motto / no motto #21705 03/12/2001 2:10 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Semper Fidelis, Bill wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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