here's a fun trivia thing I came up with while looking up something.
Every state has an official motto. e.g., Georgia, where I live, has "Wisdom, Justice and Moderation".
Over half the states, 29, like Georgia, have a state motto in english.
16 more states have state mottos in Latin, e.g., New York's motto is "Excelsior" (latin for "Ever Upward").
That leaves 5 states whose state mottos are not in English or Latin. Without googling, it, anyone care to take a guess on what those 5 states are, and what languages they are in?
here's a minor hint. each of the other 5 use a different language (e.g., no 2 of them use the same language). 4 of those languages are romance languages. The other is not, and that's about as much as I can say without giving it away.
ReplyDeletefwiw Washington State apparently does not have an official motto, which leads to two unofficial ones, one of which would qualify if it were official.
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