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Okay - I do have another one, brought to mind by BelM's mention of her family coat of arms - the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina has this on it's face:
Esse Quam Videri
I think it's a good motto for everyone!
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Our coat of arms bears the motto : "Fortes et Fidelis" which has been translated for me by Father O'Leary (Do you remember I mentioned him ... secretary at the Vatican?)
anyway he said it's "Strong and Faithful."
Pretty neat, huh?
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Shoshanna : re Esse Quam Videri -- translate please? Something about truth? I'd rather have our "own" motto, and along that line of thought; and since there are so many Latin scholars hereabouts, perhaps we could translate "we don't need no motto" into Latin and use that ?   wow
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wow>re Esse Quam Videri -- translate please? Something about truth?That was a good guess, given my penchant for it, but NO - Esse Quam Videri, which also aptly describes many, if not most, native North Carolinians (can't speak for the many transplants there now) is: TO BE RATHER THAN TO SEEM.I think your suggestion of translating we don't need no motto into Latin is BRILLIANT - can we do it BEFORE the 14th and introduce it to the world, via the board of course, at the same time as Ali unveils her "Happy Anniversary of the Birth of AWADtalk" graphic  ??? I'm NOT a Latin scholar by any stretch, but I'll work on it - any others game?Shoshannah
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translating we don't need no motto into Latin is BRILLIANTJust had to see it once more! Mercy!You make me  and that's not common at my age! Thank you for the compliment wow
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How about:
Dictum non indiget?
Literally "A motto (maxim) is not required"
I couldn't think of a Latin equivalent to our use of "stink" in this context. But we do have a real Latin scholar on the board, NicholasW, I think. Maybe ... ?
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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tsuwm suggests stinking = foetidus?
As a direct translation of the word, yes of course, but I was thinking of the meaning behind the use of "stinkin' " in this context.
Latin would have had an adjective which meant something similar emotively, to what we mean, I'm sure, but it wouldn't be obvious.
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Heaven forfend we should ever be obvious!
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Well - I think we should just leave this one up to NicholasW - whaddayasay?
Hey Nick - any ideas on this one - in Latin: "we don't need no stinkin' motto" and without being tooooo obvious, please!
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