National Motto

In France, it's "Freedom, brotherhood and equality (ou la morte)", in Belgium it's "Strength through unity" (in two separate languages). The USA has "In God we trust", the Greeks, "Freedom or death".

Britain has no national motto, and George Brown has suggested we should. Any ideas what it might be, people? So far, the suggestions have included:

Best before 1939

Britain: reassuringly expensive.

Britain: crappy, but we love it.

Mustn't grumble.

Smile. You're on CCTV.

May contain nuts.

Get blotto, play Lotto: that's our motto.

I'm sure people here can come up with some too ...

"Smile. You´re on CCTV"
hahaha :)

"Nobody is special, especially not you".

Maybe you have to be Scandinavian to understand this.

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Originally Posted by TomOfSweden

"Nobody is special, especially not you".

Maybe you have to be Scandinavian to understand this.

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No special privileges for anyone?

It would serve as a great put-down anyway.

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Originally Posted by ThisYouWillDo

No special privileges for anyone?

It would serve as a great put-down anyway.

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It's like some kind of national spirit. That's why the concept of USA and people from the country is to many Swedes like an instant joke. It's not that we dislike USA. It's just that taking space and "being somebody" is quite a virtue in USA. Here we have the opposite culture. I must say that I prefer the US way, but maybe I just think that because I don't live there. I always have a blast in New York just because of this. Celebrities dare going the whole way and dare making total asses of themselves assuming their own awesomeness and assuming people they meet will think it to. It just doesn't happen here.

edit: in this respect Japanese culture is a bit similar.