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New South Wales does, though.
Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Bright Thou Shinest)
Catchy, isn’t it?
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Is there a prize for the best pronunciation of that? I’d lose immediately. 
Looks like Auckland nicked your old motto. Or at least the first bit. 
As someone in a recent thread on national coats of arms noted, the motto of Norfolk Island is “Inasmuch”. How inspiring!
Apparently the Norfolk Island is supposed to be just that - inspiring, in a Biblical way. Some online sources say it comes from the Book of Matthew. Certainly is an open-ended motto, though.
[QUOTE=Ice Wolf]
Apparently the Norfolk Island is supposed to be just that - inspiring, in a Biblical way. Some online sources say it comes from the Book of Matthew. Certainly is an open-ended motto, though.
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Hmm. Well, “Inasmuch” appears twice in the Book of Matthew, using the King James Version:
Matthew 25:40: “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
Matthew 25:45: “Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.”
As a motto, though, it still seems awfully…elliptical.
(Oh, and I’ll fourth “America - Fuck Yeah!”–that song was probably the best part of that whole movie.)
[QUOTE=Evil Captor]
“America - Fuck Yeah!”
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BAM! Case closed. I already find myself mentally singing this whenever I hear/see a military jet fly overhead.
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim]
Isn’t “We’re number one!” good enough? Especially since there’s hardly a category left in which we’re actually number one.
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Oh really?
Well just ask who won the world conker championship and also the world marbles championship.
Go on, ask!
[QUOTE=chowder]
Oh really?
Well just ask who won the world conker championship and also the world marbles championship.
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And every year we win the World Series…
Isn’t Canada’s motto something like “Always Remember” (but in Latin)? Now there’s a good motto, I take in Canadians never lose thier car keys.
[QUOTE=betenoir]
Isn’t Canada’s motto something like “Always Remember” (but in Latin)? Now there’s a good motto, I take in Canadians never lose thier car keys.
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Canada’s motto is A Mari Usque Ad Mare, “From Sea to Sea” (which they obviously stole from us). The motto of Quebec is Je me souviens, French for “I remember” (or as I always like to say, it’s Canadian French for “Fergit, hell!”)
Canada: “America’s hat.”
UK: “We used to run the world. No really. No honestly. Look it up. Right, that’s it: conkers at dawn.”
[QUOTE=chowder]
Oh really?
Well just ask who won the world conker championship and also the world marbles championship.
Go on, ask!
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No. Shan’t. Hah.
How about “All your oil wells belong to us”?
I think my favourite state motto is the Isle of Man’s, Quocunque jeceris stabit: “Whithersoever thou throwest it, there shall it stand.” It gives the image of a game of Isle of Man-tossing.
We are a stupider America than the America of 1956. Therefore we absolutely do need a stupider motto. I propose:
In Us We Trust, or
You Can’t Spell Jesus Without U.S.
“You fucked up-- You trusted us!”
[QUOTE=rayh]
How about “All your oil wells belong to us”?
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“US burning your dog!”
[QUOTE=rayh]
How about “All your oil wells belong to us”?
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Or maybe “I’m in ur country killing ur doodz”
Almost forgot…and The World Tiddlywinks Championship.
So go Merkins, beat that iffn ya can
Our God is Stronger than Your God: Everyone of whatever religious persuasion can delude themselves into believing their particular God is the referenced stronger God while all the other jerk-off Gods don’t count for shit.
[QUOTE=Terrifel]
Is it once again time to safeguard ourselves with a new, even stupider motto?
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Yes.
And since, as noted above, we have a tradition of “testing out” new mottoes on coinage before making them official, I’d like to propose the following New Motto Coin.
