Editing Motto (section)

==Language==
[[Latin language|Latin]] has been very common for mottos in the Western World, but for [[nation state]]s, their official [[national language]] is generally chosen. Examples of using other historical languages in motto language include:
*[[Counties of England|County]] of [[Somerset]] in England: {{Lang|ang|Sumorsǣte ealle}} (All the men of Somerset), [[Old English language|Old English]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www1.Somerset.gov.uk/archives/ASH/Danishinvs.htm|title=The Danish Invasions|website=Somerset.gov.uk|publisher=[[Somerset County Council]] archives|access-date=26 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224100314/http://www1.Somerset.gov.uk/archives/ASH/Danishinvs.htm|archive-date=24 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://Heraldry-Wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Somerset|title=Somerset - Coat of arms (crest) of Somerset|website=Heraldry-Wiki.com|publisher=Heraldry of the World|date=19 March 2019|access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[South Cambridgeshire]] in the English [[The Fens|Fens]]: {{Lang|nl|Niet Zonder Arbyt}} (Nothing without work), [[Dutch language|Dutch]], originally the motto of Dutchman Cornelius Vermuyden, who drained The Fens in the 17th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.CivicHeraldry.co.uk/east_anglia_essex.html|title=Civic Heraldry of England and Wales &ndash; East Anglia and Essex area|website=CivicHeraldry.co.uk|access-date=8 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828061517/http://www.CivicHeraldry.co.uk/east_anglia_essex.html|archive-date=28 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsnonline.org.uk/performance-profiling/south-cambridgeshire|title=South Cambridgeshire|website=rsnonline.org.uk|publisher=Rural Services Network|access-date=21 December 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224114644/http://www.rsnonline.org.uk/performance-profiling/south-cambridgeshire|archive-date=24 December 2013}}</ref>
*[[South Africa]]: ''ǃke e: ǀxarra ǁke'' (Unity in diversity), [[ǀXam language|ǀXam]].
*[[Shires of Scotland|Shire]] of [[Shetland]]: ''Með lögum skal land byggja'' (By law shall the land be built up), [[Old Norse]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://Heraldry-Wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Shetland_Islands|title=Shetland Islands - Coat of arms (crest) of Shetland Islands|website=Heraldry-Wiki.com|publisher=Heraldry of the World|date=13 October 2020|access-date=1 November 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526101947/https://Heraldry-Wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Shetland_Islands|archive-date=26 May 2021}}</ref>

A [[Canting arms|canting]] motto is one that contains [[word play]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=<!--No byline-->|title=The Manual of Heraldry : being a concise description of the several terms used, and containing a dictionary of every designation in the science. Illustrated by four hundred engravings on wood.|url=https://archive.org/details/manualofheraldry00adam|edition=5th|location=[[London]], England|publisher=Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co.|year=1800|page=[https://archive.org/details/manualofheraldry00adam/page/132 132]|oclc=1049649069|ol=OL24349702M|access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> For example, the motto of the [[Earl of Onslow]] is ''Festina lente'' (literally 'make haste slowly'), punningly interpreting 'on slow'.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Mark Antony Lower|date=October 1860|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=00cBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA249|title=Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom|chapter=Onslow|location=[[London]], England|publisher=John Russell Smith|isbn=9780788404566}}</ref> Similarly, the motto of the Burgh of [[Tayport]], ''Te oportet alte ferri'' (It is incumbent on you to carry yourself high), is a cant on 'Tayport at auld Tay Ferry', also alluding to the local lighthouse.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://Heraldry-Wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Tayport|title=Tayport - Coat of arms (crest) of Tayport|website=Heraldry-Wiki.com|publisher=Heraldry of the World|date=13 October 2020|access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> The motto of the U.S. [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], ''Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity'', is a [[backronym]] of the letters F.B.I.