Everything about Motto totally explained
A
motto (from the
Italian word
motto, meaning witticism, sentence) is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but
Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottos of
governments.
Heraldry
In
heraldry, a motto is often depicted in an achievement of arms typically on a scroll below the shield or else above the crest as in Scots heraldry.
In English and Scottish heraldry mottoes are not granted with armorial bearings, and may be adopted and changed at will. Although very unusual and perhaps outside regular heraldic practice, there are some examples of the particular appearance of the motto scroll and letters thereon being blazoned.
A canting motto is one that contains
word play. For example, the motto of the
Earl of Onslow is
Festina lente, punningly interpreting
on-slow (literally "make haste slowly").
The motto of the
County of
Somerset is in
Anglo-Saxon; that of
South Cambridgeshire in the English
Fens is in
Dutch.
Ships and submarines in the
Royal Navy each have a
badge and motto, as do units of the
Royal Air Force.
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