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Title: Aliis volat propriis
Post by: K.H on June 02, 2013, 07:56:43 PM
I just googled that phrase
"The official English version of the motto is She Flies With Her Own Wings,"
To me it sounds like a tampon advert?
Title: Re: Aliis volat propriis
Post by: kamaangir on June 02, 2013, 08:54:06 PM
Or a particularly flabby one with "euhax alae" ;D ;D

Google that....
Title: Re: Aliis volat propriis
Post by: greasemonkey on June 02, 2013, 08:55:49 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alis_volat_propriis

The official English version of the motto is "She Flies With Her Own Wings," in keeping with the tradition of considering countries and territories to be feminine. However, because there is no feminine pronoun in the Latin words and the verb form is not inflected for gender, the phrase could be translated with equal validity as "One flies with one's own wings" or "It flies with its own wings."

Now don't tell me you didn't know about the lack of feminine pronoun in Latin and the verb form not being inflected for gender.
What is the world coming to? :P
Title: Re: Aliis volat propriis
Post by: Rotary-Motion on June 02, 2013, 11:16:20 PM
hehe

it does sound like a sanitory towel of sorts, do tampons have wings?

 :o

 8)
Title: Re: Aliis volat propriis
Post by: Jamesrl on June 02, 2013, 11:23:18 PM
hehe

it does sound like a sanitory towel of sorts, do tampons have wings?

 :o

 8)

No but towels do.
Title: Re: Aliis volat propriis
Post by: Rotary-Motion on June 02, 2013, 11:33:33 PM
hehe

it does sound like a sanitory towel of sorts, do tampons have wings?

 :o

 8)

No but towels do.

a wealth of knowledge  8)