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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??
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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!
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"Our word is our bond" ?
Nice double meaning there.
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In reply to:
"Our word is our bond" ?
Nice double meaning there.
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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" 
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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now that i've seen it actually in print (so to speak), I'm kinda partial to UP THE LOGOMACHISTS! myself.
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How about a variation on Plato's motto for his Academy:
Let only linguaphiles enter here
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