E pluribus unum
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wolfracesonic

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8,854 posts

150 months

Thursday 27th November 2025
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I’m going to start watching the tv series ‘Pluribus’ tonight which got me thinking: The US has ‘E Pluribus Unum’ as its motto, often seen on the flag behind the President in the Oval Office, so, do we have a motto here or indeed do any other countries have one? If we don’t, what do you think ours should be?whistle

Opapayer

1,162 posts

8 months

Thursday 27th November 2025
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honi soit qui mal y pense

Seemed to be around quite a bit. I m not going to pretend I know where it s from (other than French). Think it s on my passport and was on a few stained glass windows in school. It was drilled into me as a kid with the phrase “on his way he madly puns” as away to remember it.

Alorotom

12,685 posts

210 months

Thursday 27th November 2025
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My secondary school motto was "Nil desperandum auspice deo" - quite a common one, but I think theyve dropped it now its become an academy school.

ChrisSMorris

211 posts

258 months

Thursday 27th November 2025
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Byker28i

84,178 posts

240 months

Thursday 27th November 2025
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Opapayer said:
honi soit qui mal y pense

Seemed to be around quite a bit. I m not going to pretend I know where it s from (other than French). Think it s on my passport and was on a few stained glass windows in school. It was drilled into me as a kid with the phrase on his way he madly puns as away to remember it.
"evil be to him who thinks of evil".

WrekinCrew

5,479 posts

173 months

Thursday 27th November 2025
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"E pluribus unum"- you wait ages for one bus then several come at once.

mudster

790 posts

267 months

Thursday 27th November 2025
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Sumus semper in excremento, sed altitudo variat.