# Britian searching for new national motto **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 18, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930 "2007-11-18T17:38:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/21 "2007-11-18T21:20:38Z")
“A land untouched by modern dentistry!” ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/22 "2007-11-18T21:25:37Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] “A land untouched by modern dentistry!” [/QUOTE] [Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Molvania-Untouched-Modern-Dentistry-Jetlag/dp/1843542323/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195421075&sr=8-1) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/23 "2007-11-18T21:52:52Z")
**There There Dear, Mustn’t Grumble** ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/24 "2007-11-18T22:04:42Z")
I voted for We Apologize for the Inconvenience. As my only time spent on the sceptered isle has been at Heathrow, you damn well should! ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/25 "2007-11-18T23:03:39Z")
Leave us be logical about this. Great Britain consists of England, Scotland, and Wales. Therefore, the ideal motto would be a combination of the three existing mottos. England: " Dieu et mon Droit " (French: ‘God and my right’). Scotland: " Nemo Me Impune Lacessit " (Latin: ‘No One Assails Me With Impunity.’) Wales: " Cymru am byth " (Klingon: ‘Wales Forever’) Clearly, the motto of Great Britain should be: “No God Assails My Right To Forever Impugn Wales.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/26 "2007-11-18T23:13:47Z")
I’m quite fond of “Smile, you’re on CCTV!” ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/27 "2007-11-18T23:26:21Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] Leave us be logical about this. Great Britain consists of England, Scotland, and Wales. Therefore, the ideal motto would be a combination of the three existing mottos. England: " Dieu et mon Droit " (French: ‘God and my right’). Scotland: " Nemo Me Impune Lacessit " (Latin: ‘No One Assails Me With Impunity.’) Wales: " Cymru am byth " (Klingon: ‘Wales Forever’) Clearly, the motto of Great Britain should be: “No God Assails My Right To Forever Impugn Wales.” [/QUOTE] But in what language? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/28 "2007-11-18T23:37:25Z")
“What’s all this, then?” “Britain: The Home of Old Queens.” “Land of Harry Potter and Blood Pudding.” “We call it ‘Old Blighty.’ You’ll call it ‘that foggy place.’” ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/29 "2007-11-18T23:38:41Z")
[QUOTE=j666] But in what language? [/QUOTE] Doesn’t matter, so long as it’s obviously not English. Mandarin? Greek? Swahili? It’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/30 "2007-11-18T23:39:02Z")
“Britain: 90% less gay since Quentin Crisp died.” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/31 "2007-11-19T00:16:18Z")
[QUOTE=sandra\_nz] **At least it’s not France** (or is it just the English that hate the french?) [/QUOTE] Don’t worry, plenty of Americans follow your lead in this sacred charge and beloved hobby. 😉 I liked the “Try writing history without us”. Maybe the new motto should be tourist related. “Britain, come see the real Shire.” Nah, that would only grab a subset of geeks. Jim ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/32 "2007-11-19T00:29:11Z")
Tits out for the lads ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/33 "2007-11-19T00:53:31Z")
Please queue here. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/34 "2007-11-19T00:58:01Z")
And now for something completely different. Britain. ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/35 "2007-11-19T00:59:24Z")
“Yes, we do boil everything.” ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/36 "2007-11-19T01:12:28Z")
“Mind the Gap.” No, wait, they use that on the subway in Toronto as well. Dang. Um… “Kidneys really are food?” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/37 "2007-11-19T01:18:35Z")
“The UK: If you can read this, it’s touched your life already.” ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/38 "2007-11-19T01:20:43Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] I agree with you. But it’s a shame the first of the ten is plagiarised from Douglas Adams. [/QUOTE] They randomize the order of display. But I assume you’re talking about “We apologize for the inconvenience.” ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/39 "2007-11-19T01:38:22Z")
They were talking about this on NPR a few weeks ago. One of the suggestions that they mentioned was my favorite: > [@](#): > > We came. We saw. We conquered. We gave it back. So Sorry… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930/40 "2007-11-19T03:08:26Z")
English and Scottish and Welsh, oh my! When I was a young Brit, we conquered the world and we LIKED it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britian-searching-for-new-national-motto/426930.md?page=3)