XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.language.latin   
   From: ed@somewhere.in.the.uk   
      
   Aidan Kehoe wrote:   
   >   
      
   > It is unusual for British and Irish cities and towns to have mottoes in   
   > languages other than Latin or French, probably more Latin than French.   
   >   
      
   They proliferate all over the UK. Most are vacuous platitudes. It's the   
   simple fact of being in Latin that gives them kudos, like designer jeans.   
      
   Football teams love them. Fans have them tattooed on their bodies.   
      
   Arte et labore - Blackburn Rovers   
   Nil satis nisi optimum - Everton   
   Superbia in proelia - Man City   
   Audere est facere - Spurs   
   Consilio et anamis - Sheffield Wednesday   
   Vim promovet insitam - Bristol City   
   Domus clamantium - Gillingham   
   Confidemus - Kilmarnock   
   Sic itur ad astra - Elgin City   
   Ludere causa ludendi - Queens Park   
      
   Valete omnes   
      
   Ed   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)