10 Jan 14
Originally posted by robbie carrobieRobbie, I'm unsure of the motto's origin but it's the only one I've been aware of for a lifetime.
Is the phrase, 'In God we trust', not intrinsically linked with Americas history?
A Ship's Motto that's generally applicable and memorable: "Not without strenuous effort".
Note: Speaking of words, today I learned a new slang coined in 2013: "FOMO"
Fear of missing out
Google: Oxford English Dictionary New Words 2013.
10 Jan 14
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyIN GOD WE TRUST was added to US currency by executive order by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
Robbie, I'm unsure of the motto's origin but it's the only one I've been aware of for a lifetime.
A Ship's Motto that's generally applicable and memorable: "Not without strenuous effort".
Note: Speaking of words, today I learned a new slang coined in 2013: "FOMO" [hidden]Fear of missing out[/hidden]
Google: Oxford English Dictionary New Words 2013.
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10 Jan 14
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby"Plebis a populo et pro populo."
Motto Wording instead?
That's google translates version of...
"Of the people, By the People, For the People."
In Latin.
Which, if you are going to have a motto on your currency, seems eminently
more appropriate and fitting.
10 Jan 14
Originally posted by googlefudgeLooking at a One Dollar Bill right now: print's too small for me to read the reverse side circular wording on the left around the One Eyed [Masonic?] Pyramid as well as wording at the right beneath the Eagle. Can you translate the two?
"Plebis a populo et pro populo."
That's google translates version of...
"Of the people, By the People, For the People."
In Latin.
Which, if you are going to have a motto on your currency, seems eminently
more appropriate and fitting.
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyNot being in America and not having a $ to hand I'm going to go with no.
Looking at a One Dollar Bill right now: print's too small for me to read the reverse side circular wording on the left around the One Eyed [Masonic?] Pyramid as well as wording at the right beneath the Eagle. Can you translate the two?
However you can do it yourself by going on the internets, Googling for a high-res image
of the $ bill. and if wikipedia doesn't tell you what it says, google translate will.
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Originally posted by wolfgang59Yes. It's a stupid motto even if a god did exist.
Time to take it off the $ bills?
It's a really bad motto for a country founded on a separation of church and state.
It explicitly is endorsing monotheistic religion over anything and everything else.
And implicitly endorsing Christianity over everything else.