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posted 02-08-2010 13:04
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Skelmersdale's is "please drive safely, as if you do crash, we can't guarantee we'll be able to rescue you before the locals have dragged you off to a fate we'd rather not speculate upon"
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posted 02-08-2010 14:37
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The London Borough of Waltham Forest's is "Fellowship is life" - William Morris, that. Probably one of the more radical origins of town slogans in the UK
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posted 02-08-2010 14:55
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I kind of like 'Stamford - the City that works'.
It could add detail of 'a strict 9-5 resulting in heavy congestion on the I-95'.
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posted 02-08-2010 14:56
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Farnham doesn't seem to have one, but if it did, I reckon it would be "Aldershot? Never heard of it!"
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posted 02-08-2010 15:30
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Having just done some random googling (it is a very dull afternoon) I find that Gotebo in Oklahoma is proud of being the "Goat Ropin' Capital of the World" Can anyone confirm what the hell that is?
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posted 02-08-2010 15:37
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I see the motto of the London Borough of Haringey is "Progress With Humanity". I never knew that. That of LB Barnet, where I grew up, is "Unitas efficit ministerium (Unity achieves service)."
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posted 02-08-2010 15:48
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Road signs as you enter Darlington declare “Gateway To The Tees Valley” which is a bit rubbish “welcome to nowhere, but soon you’ll be somewhere once you’ve left”, ignoring questions about whether you’d want to get to the Tees Valley anyway. I wouldn’t, ‘cos it’s a horrible marketing term for Teesside. You may have other reasons.
Middlesbrough’s motto is “Erimus”, or “we shall be” for any barbarians. There’s been a number of businesses with the same name including licensed premises usually known as the ‘Airy Mouse.
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posted 02-08-2010 15:59
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pebblethefish wrote:
Having just done some random googling (it is a very dull afternoon) I find that Gotebo in Oklahoma is proud of being the "Goat Ropin' Capital of the World" Can anyone confirm what the hell that is?
Am I the only person who read that as "Goat Rapin' Capital of the World?"
Leicester's motto is "Semper Eadem" — "Always the Same." Which is all too appropriate.
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posted 02-08-2010 16:02
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I kind of like 'Stamford - the City that works'.
They've stolen that from Chicago, I reckon.
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posted 02-08-2010 16:05
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We've got 'Luck to Loyne [Lune]', which I didn't know. Live and learn, eh.
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posted 02-08-2010 16:06
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Personally, I've always liked 'A Fine City'.
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posted 02-08-2010 16:18
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Actually, I'd have our slogan as "The Windy Town". I mean, it's not always blowing a gale or anything, but what with the town being built on a grid pattern in the American style the wind tends to get on my tit-ends.
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posted 02-08-2010 16:29
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pebblethefish wrote:
Having just done some random googling (it is a very dull afternoon) I find that Gotebo in Oklahoma is proud of being the "Goat Ropin' Capital of the World" Can anyone confirm what the hell that is?
It's a rodeo event.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat_Tying
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posted 02-08-2010 17:14
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The motto of my native city is “Very noble, very loyal, worthy, undefeated, heroic and good city of Oviedo". Not quite as family friendly as "A good place to bring up a family" or "Marshmallow City, USA".
The motto of Asturias is "Hoc signo tuetur pius, hoc signo vincitur inmicus" ("This sign protects the pious, this sign defeats the enemy") as featured in the Victory Cross, although the tourism board motto is "natural paradise", which illustrates quite well our transition from a land of warriors to a land of waiters and nature guides. Admittedly the former is hardly likely to attract tourist petrodollars from the Emirates.
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Last Edit: 02-08-2010 17:16 By Véndovos Mareo.
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posted 02-08-2010 19:29
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"Post Tenebrax Lux"...classy stuff.
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posted 02-08-2010 19:58
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Not a town, but Bedfordshire's slogan is (or possibly was) "Central to the Oxford-Cambridge Arc".
Which is sad in oh so many ways
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posted 03-08-2010 02:01
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There's this one:
But it was only for specialty markets.
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posted 03-08-2010 06:50
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My previous domicile was in Amsterdam, slogan: "Heroic, Steadfast, Soft Hearted." Which I always liked.
However my new home of Nantwich has "Floral Market Town" - which is distinctly limp in comparison.
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