They always seem more profound in Latin, but in any language what's an appropriate one for the current era? A few to kick it off. Stercus accidit - **** happens Cave quid optes. - Be careful what you wish for. nunc aut numquam - now or never (this even has its own song) Nihil taurus crappus - No bullshit. Caveat emptor! - Let the buyer beware! Semper in excretum sum sed alta variat - Always in the ****, but the depth varies Vir prudens non contraventum mingit - A wise man doesn´t piss against the wind And maybe appropriate to me for posting this thread, but for anyone correcting the cut and paste latin - Adepto a vita - Get a life.
Alea iacta est ("The die is cast") is a Latin phrase attributed by Suetonius (as iacta alea est [ˈjakta ˈaːlea est]) to Julius Caesar on January 10, 49 BC as he led his army across the Rubicon river in Northern Italy. or, if you want to get controversial Deus vult, the crusader battle cry, "God wills it"
Anyone else scared to read these out aloud in case it invokes evil spirits, or turns those with you into frogs*? Think on, if the kids great you with "bonjour papa"...
Hull Civitas fautores et moriar cum cupiunt - City fans can die when they want Damn Bummers has beaten me to it.
"Manchester Britanniarum sunt vendidit in in Absit Eurus shirts," inquit Alam, "vendere commerciam operationes omnes super orbis terrarum. Necessitum un Club esse globally, et brevians in nomine notum faciam in virga globally." "Manchester United are selling shirts in the far east," Allam says, "selling commercial activities all over the world. We need the club to be known globally, and shortening the name will make the club known globally." Not so much a motto as the financial plan of a business genius.
Hull Urbs ( the original Latin for city) would make us the same number of letters as Coca Cola. Panthera Tigris would be longer. Unfortunately don't know the Latin for Association Football Club which Allam would have knocked so he could claim Hull Panthera Tigris was shorter than Hull Urbs.
"Mulctatum a tigres" (Mauled by the tigers) would actually look pretty good under a shield. Sadly it's not true often enough right now.
