Frazz by Jef Mallett for June 07, 2021

So. Michigan.

Indiana’s motto is “The Crossroads of America”. Nice of them to admit they’re the “drive through on to someplace better” state.

My favorite Latin motto is from (among others?) John W Campbell, editor of Analog magazine:

Illegitimi non carborundum

Which means “Don’t let the bastards grind you down”. And isn’t actual Latin.

Favorite unoffical state mottos, “Keep Calfornia Green & Golden, Bring Money” New Jersey “Ya Gotta Problem wit’ Dat?”

I’m a Kansan. Our motto is: “Ad astra per aspera” – “To the Stars Through Difficulty”. For what it’s worth.

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.what is said in Latin sounds profound

Virtu post funera vivit – Bryson family motto could be the school mottonot to forget “Draco dormiens nunquam titilandus” never tickle a sleeping dragon

Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.

“Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur”

“Facile.” Fine Latinate word. Makes the facile sound profound.

“Pura Michigan.”

Fácil, near cognate in Spanish and means the same. More used to the Spanish use than the English facile, however. Learning from Frazz and the gang once again. Thanks ! !

Fruit of the Loom motto: Semper Ubi Sub Ubi

quidquid latine dictum sit altum sonatur

είναι ελληνικό για μένα – take that!!

I thought the Michigan state motto is: Ohio State Owns Us.

Yes, the Great Lakes State, even though we can only claim “ownership” to four of the five. Lake Ontario, sadly, is shared by the New Yawkers and the Canucks.

and we still don’t accept the metric system, except for track and field events.

DC, where I live: “Justitia Omnibus” – Justice for All.

CT, where I grew up: “Qui Transtulit Sustinet,” – He Who Transplanted Still Sustains.

Texas: “Friendship”. Just plain English

My state’s motto is French, not Latin. “L’etoile du nord,” star of the North, in recognition of the Northwest Angle, MInnesota’s cartographic anomaly jutting into Canada.

Florida: “In God We Trust”

Illegitimi Non Carborundum.

I believe Jef is in Grand Rapids….trying to pin it down,but I think his grandmother taught at a small school near Muskegon,

Ok, Maybe he lives in Huntington Woods. And grew up in Big Rapids.

I did note that no one nominated Florida as a pleasant place to reside.

Just 48 comments, even though there are 50 States in the US – I would’ve expected that there’s at least one per state to make fun of how his states pompous phrase is the most ridiculous of all.

I never knew there was much of a demand for peninsulas, pleasant or otherwise. If Michigan is a peninsula, is Florida one, too? It sure looks like a penisula, with a population to match.

New York’s motto is “Excelsior.” This is usually translated as “Ever upward.”

However, Merriam-Webster defines it as “fine curled shavings of wood forming a resilient mass and used especially for packing fragile items.”

Perhaps instead of the Empire State, we should be the Sawdust State.

From the list of failed state mottos:

Alabama: “At least we’re not Mississippi”

Mississippi: “Think how good we make YOUR state look!”

Eureka.

Quidquid agis, prudentur aga, et respire finum. Whatever you do, do wisely and consider the consequences.

Nevada’s motto: Whatever $$ you bring to Vegas stays in Vegas.

Which one?

I didn’t know he is a Michiganian. (NO! I reject the term “Michigander” as shallow and pedantic.)

Wisconsin: Eat Cheese or Die.

Sic semper tyrannis for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Attributed to Marcus Junius Brutus, one of the people who assassinated Julius Caesar. John Wilkes Booth purportedly said it after assassinating President Lincoln.

Translated as “Thus always to tyrants”.

“Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc” or “We Gladly Feast on Those Who Would Subdue Us.”