usyd motto (1 Viewer)

[shelley]

well today in ancient we found out usyds motto!!

SIDERE MENS EADEM MUTATO

Which translates to " The mind remains the same even though the stars change"........is it just me or is this a pretty sucky motto which screams "we feel we are inferior"...hehe our founding fathers had some legitmacy issues me thinks!

 

[Ziff]

That smells.

 

[Carlito]

sounds knida stupid to me lol. no wonder its in latin, sounds alot cooler not knowing what it means

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by shelley
well today in ancient we found out usyds motto!!

SIDERE MENS EADEM MUTATO

Which translates to " The mind remains the same even though the stars change"........is it just me or is this a pretty sucky motto which screams "we feel we are inferior"...hehe our founding fathers had some legitmacy issues me thinks!

yeah, and i heard that the "stars change" means, how australia (being in the southern hemisphere) see's the stars differently to the UK (nothern hemisphere)...

 

[tooheyz]

Originally posted by shelley
SIDERE MENS EADEM MUTATO

Originally posted by Carlito
sounds knida stupid to me lol. no wonder its in latin, sounds alot cooler not knowing what it means

hmmm u might sound stupid trying to acutally pronuce the words..

 

[Carlito]

Originally posted by tooheyz
hmmm u might sound stupid trying to acutally pronuce the words..

lol im 100% sure i would, hence why im never gonna try

 

[hipsta_jess]

Originally posted by shelley
" The mind remains the same even though the stars change"........is it just me or is this a pretty sucky motto

dont worry, newcastles is 'i look ahead'

 

[santaslayer]

better then the starry motto......LoLz

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by Carlito
lol im 100% sure i would, hence why im never gonna try

hehe- ironic since english is based on latin.

 

[xiao1985]

lolz... aparently, on transition workshop, in trivial quiz thingie, there's a quiz:

wut's usyd motto, n wut does it mean??

ok, we all hav usyd merchandises, n they haf fotos in it... but no one had any idea wut it meant... one translation was:

SOME MEN EAT POTATOES.........

ROFLMAO

 

[Collin]

Originally posted by xiao1985
lolz... aparently, on transition workshop, in trivial quiz thingie, there's a quiz:

wut's usyd motto, n wut does it mean??

ok, we all hav usyd merchandises, n they haf fotos in it... but no one had any idea wut it meant... one translation was:

SOME MEN EAT POTATOES.........

ROFLMAO

LOL.

 

[shelley]

haha well now u know..im so ahshamed at uni..lo...i mean we shuold change it, its gay..and i though "with mind and hand" was bad at my high school!

 

[Sarah168]

hmm its interesting to know cos i have a usyd keyring hangin off my school bag and i fiddle and play with it when im bored and i often wondered what those latin words meant!

 

[Ziff]

They should have a latin motto competition

 

[lengstar]

translated wrong you noob!
"under the southern skies nothing changes" was what i was told

 

[tooheyz]

nah i was talking to a girl who knows how to read latin, she i remeber she translated it to me, and she did say something about the mind and the stars.

 

[shelley]

ok i had it translated by an ancient history professor at usyd.....lol...i think he knows what hes talkin about...

 

[hipsta_jess]

Originally posted by shelley
The mind remains the same even though the stars change

Originally posted by lengstar
"under the southern skies nothing changes"

either way, its still a sucky motto

 

[tooheyz]

Originally posted by shelley
ok i had it translated by an ancient history professor at usyd.....lol...i think he knows what hes talkin about...

o well, its not worth arguing about..

 

[Collin]

Originally posted by lengstar
translated wrong you noob!
"under the southern skies nothing changes" was what i was told

Perhaps the person who told you may have been incorrect.

hmm its interesting to know cos i have a usyd keyring hangin off my school bag and i fiddle and play with it when im bored and i often wondered what those latin words meant!

Well now you know.. SOME MEN EAT POTATOES.