# Help me design a flag (also, anyone know any ancient Greek?) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 3, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-design-a-flag-also-anyone-know-any-ancient-greek/620751 "2012-05-03T13:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-design-a-flag-also-anyone-know-any-ancient-greek/620751/1 "2012-05-03T13:19:20Z")
Yeah - so I have no idea what I’m doing here. I’m watching my girlfriend’s dog this weekend, while she’s off at a wedding across the country. Her dog is a relatively well-behaved Jack Russell who gets along with my two dogs excellently. However, she’s a little intense sometimes (she IS a JRT), and needs time to relax in her crate. I’ve dubbed her crate “PRN” - the People’s Republic of Nancy (not her real name - gf is a little weird about info on the interwebs, so I’m playing it safe). I’ve decided that PRN needs its own flag. I think it will be something simple, a solid color field with her bright orange ball in the center. But I’d really like a slogan. Her family has a tradition of naming their pets after Greek words, so if it could be in Greek, that’d be great. (Also, if anyone could point me to an English-\>Greek translator that spits out a non-Greek alphabet translation, if such a thing exists, that’d be great.) ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-design-a-flag-also-anyone-know-any-ancient-greek/620751/2 "2012-05-03T13:29:33Z")
“Motto” is the term you’re looking for. I can’t help with the Greek, but I’ll suggest “The Terrierists Have Already Won” for the English version of PRN’s slogan. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-design-a-flag-also-anyone-know-any-ancient-greek/620751/3 "2012-05-03T13:46:43Z")
For the motto, I’m thinking something that just randomly inserts the word “ball” into an already-established motto. In a pinch, I guess we could go latin. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-design-a-flag-also-anyone-know-any-ancient-greek/620751/4 "2012-05-03T17:14:40Z")
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