Every single state in the US has its very own motto. I mean, New York's state motto is “Excelsior,” and “Eureka!” speaks of California. But what if we try calling the states by their very real names? After all, these do indeed sound a little outdated.
So when someone on r/AskReddit posted a question “If the US States had honest slogans, what would some of them be?” the level of hilarity reached up to the max, and we have some of the most painfully accurate suggestions down below.
We do suspect these will not be approved by the governors any time soon, but hey, we all secretly know that the “You can't afford to live here” motto for California would fit way better. No empty promises, no understatement, simply facts.
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New York: If we can't tax it, we are going to make it illegal
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Hawaii: No. Jason Momoa is not home right now!
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The motto “In God we trust” is known to virtually every American, but do you know what’s the motto for the state of Florida? (This question is for Pandas living in different states.)
In fact, every single US state has its very own motto, a unifying pledge for its people which represents the nation’s common good. Interestingly, 24 of these mottos are in English, 20 in Latin, and the rest are in French, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Hawaiian, and Chinook.
Mottos encapsulate the essence of every state and speak of religion, equality, history, patriotism, and other American values.
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Arizona: Imagine the heat coming out of your oven, but all over your body.
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Kansas- for drivers that don’t want to turn for 4 hours.
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Arizona: All beach, no ocean.
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But some states have more peculiar mottos than others. For example, Washington's state motto is "Alki" or "Al-ki" in the American indigenous language Chinook. It translates as "bye and bye," but can be interpreted to mean "Into the future."
According to Forbes, this peculiar motto can be traced back to JK Duncan of Governor Stevens’ state surveying expedition that designed its territorial seal in the 1850s.
“It refers to the forward-thinking nature of the west coast settlers who named their settlement New York when they built it at Alki Point.”
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Texas - You’ll spend half of your cross country trip driving through here.
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Colorado - Land of the free. Only place you can legally own a weed farm and a machine gun.
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Arkansas: Where everyone's family.
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Other interesting mottos include: "Live free or die" for New Hampshire, "To be rather than to seem" for North Carolina, and "Mountaineers are always free" for West Virginia.
One unique example is Alaska, which adopted the motto "North to the future," which speaks of Alaska as a land of promise since 1967’s Alaska Purchase Centennial.
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Florida - The further north you travel, the more southern we get.
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Washington: No, the other Washington.
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Nevada - 'Rules? What rules?'
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Utah - Everyone here will judge you.
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Florida: hold my beer.
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Georgia - take a left onto peachtree street then a right onto peachtree street.
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New Mexico: No, you don't need a passport.
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Alabama - Go on without us, we'll catch up eventually.
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Montana: You're just here to see Yellowstone, aren't you?
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Minnesota - come for the culture, stay because your car won't start
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Illinois - If it ain't Chicago it's corn.
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Kentucky - We vote against our own self interest and we like it that way!
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West Virginia: Toothless, but friendly
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New Hampshire: if you don't freeze to death, you'll die of boredom.
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Wyoming: We have an escalator.
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Florida - Home of the crazy
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Oregon-We have almost as many Californians as California.
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Massachusetts - Don't drive here if you're not from here.
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Louisiana - Thank God for Mississippi.
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Michigan - Road construction next 300 miles.
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Connecticut: come for the absence of entertainment, stay for the high taxes!
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"Alaska! Where 26% of the residents have a reality show!"
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Oklahoma - Our natural disasters weren't bad enough, so we made our own!
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Wisconsin: When you discuss sports, never admit to being a Bears fan.
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Idaho- we’re the gem state dammit potatoes aren’t our only speciality.
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Rhode Island: The New Jersey of New England
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"The second best Carolina"
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Arizona: Congratulations! Only 1 more state to go to reach California!
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Georgia: The only thing we're on top of is Florida.#39
Pennsylvania: Birthplace of our nation, best ballpark in America, and cows.
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Wisconsin - We don’t drink to celebrate, we celebrate drinking
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Indiana: Wait, you stayed?
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Ohio, home of the four C's: Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Corn
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Maine: No, you're thinking of Massachusetts. Maine is further north. No, that's New Hampshire. You know what? Forget it.
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Smuggy Virginia: "We're actually a commonwealth..."
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Delaware: Corporate Lawyers love it!
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Iowa- not Idaho stop asking us about potatoes#47
Vermont: You don't drive a Subaru?#48
North Carolina: Trying real hard to be as bad as Alabama#49
New York- We do have more than just one city.#50
Utah- You're Mormon, I'm Mormon, We're all Mormon!#51
Kentucky: We don't give a shit about jobs, education, or quality of life, but we pour buckets of money into our college sportsball teams.#52
Florida- We put the "duh" in Florida.#53
Tennessee: Country, Blues & Barbecue or bust#54
Nebraska: Footballs, drawls, and overalls.#55
Maryland - "Bet you can't find us on the map."#56
Wisconsin - Outdrinking your state since 1848#57
Utah. Great atmosphere. Bad ambiance.#58
South Carolina- Hot Weather, Comfort Food, Authority Issues#59
Minnesota: Lakes, gray ducks, and hot dish.from Bored Panda https://bit.ly/326AAGV
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