Who is God?

Who would have thought that religion would have been "up for grabs" (grabs not Bags) Along with politics it's the subject most likely to cause friction.It's specious at best, and a well known paradox, that has caused more trouble in the world than even politics.I have an insouciance to the subject considering it to be more of a business than a theological concept, or an error that will become a mistake if not corrected.It's not otiose, giving some relief to some, as it does, but I opine that its misuse has caused more damage than enough.A brief look at the previous posts to see the polemics generated is indicative of this fact.

Petallus Once you've grasped the rules of grammar you can't really go wrong. There are so few exceptions (such as la mano) that you can simply learn them. Que tengas suerte.

Oh dear absent I'm finding Spanish quite a challenge. It's all those verby things which I don't understand in English let alone another language.

that's the RAF motto!

Not when we've got google.

Mine was Per Ardua ad Astra - which neatly puts two of the others together...
I don't need to translate?

Typical of the Yorkshire attitude, my old school motto was nil sine labore, ie nothing without work, or nowt baht work in Yorksher.

Non nobis domine.... was our school motto. There is a hymn as well... I got 22% in latin in the then 4th year which Latin master wrote in my report was a true reflection of my ability! But I did not let that bastard grind me down!

petallus Latin is quite boring to learn but fairly easy – Spanish is more fun and even easier.

I've been learning Spanish for the last few months but if this carries on I shall switch to Latin

Alma mater, curriculum vitae, prima gravida – it's tempting to add for ever and ever Amen.

My school motto was in English but the school song (carmen) was in Latin. It was a complete pain to memorise all the verses and we discovered that the best way to do this was to sing it to the theme tune of Z Cars.

My C of E primary school's motto was Quo Vadis. (I've never had much sense of direction.....)

Ad infinitum!

Thanks you, Mamie, I will have a look at that.

It's the motto of the Cochran clan in Scotland.

WHere I went to school the motto was 'Virtute et Labore' -- and not once did anyone ensure we knew what it meant. Apparently, taking into account the infuriating Latin declension system irt comes out as: 'By valour and exertion' or perhaps 'By struggle and courage'. Beats me...

Greatnan I downloaded a free app called Lexibar French. It sits on your desktop or your page when you need it and you can drag and drop the accents.

I didn't go to the type of school that had a motto

lily ?

Bags, it obviously had an effect on you!

Greatnan That sounds positively fascist. Worse still, the saying love conquers all refers to the love of god, so you would have thought that they would have stuck with that.

Lilygran tee hee.

again, lily!

Our school motto was "Action not Words" which we translated as "Sock it to 'em, gels".

Thank you, Anagram, I have to type a lot in French so that is very useful to know.
My school motto was a perversion of 'Love conquers all'. The miserable nuns had made it into 'Omnia vincit labor' - work conquers all. Typical!