ZT--生动有趣的地方色彩:解读美国50州座右铭 BY CHIHUO
文章来源: 梦呓2006-11-04 18:13:25

解读美国50州座右铭

Alabama: Yes, We Have Electricity  
  
Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can’t Be Wrong! 
 
Arizona: But It’s A Dry Heat 
 
Arkansas: Literacy Ain’t Everything 
 
California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda 
 
Colorado: If You Don’t Ski, Don’t Bother 
 
Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedy’s Don’t Own It Yet 
  
Delaware: We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water  
 
Florida: Ask Us Our Grandkids  
  
Georgia: We Put The "Fun" In Fundamentalist Extremism 
 
Hawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha’ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, But Leave Your Money)  

Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes… Well Okay, We’re Not, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good 
 
Illinois: Please Don’t Pronounce the "S"  

Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free 
 
Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn 
 
Kansas: First Of The Rectangle States  
  
Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names 
 
Louisiana: We’re Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That’s Our Tourism Campaign 
 
Maine: We’re Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster  
 
Maryland: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It 
 
Massachusetts: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden’s (For Most Tax Brackets)  

Michigan: First Line Of Defense From The Canadians 
 
Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes… And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes  

Mississippi: Come And Feel Better Your Own State 

Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work 
 
Montana: Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-Wing Crazies, And Very Little Else 
 
Nebraska: Ask Our State Motto Contest  
 
Nevada: Hookers and Poker! 
  
New Hampshire: Go Away And Leave Us Alone 
   
New Jersey: You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here!  

New Mexico: Lizards Make Excellent Pets 
 
New York: You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have The Right To An Attorney… 
  
North Carolina: Tobacco Is A Vegetable 
  
North Dakota: We Really Are One Of The 50 States! 
   
Ohio: At Least We’re Not Michigan
  
Oklahoma: Like The Play, Only No Singing 
  
Oregon: Spotted Owl… It’s What’s For Dinner  

Pennsylvania: Cook With Coal 
 
Rhode Island: We’re Not REALLY An Island 
 
South Carolina: Remember The Civil War? We Didn’t Actually Surrender 
 
South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota  

Tennessee: The Educashun State
  
Texas: Si’ Hablo Ing’les (Yes, I Speak English) 
 
Utah: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
  
Vermont: Yep 
 
Virginia: Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don’t Mix? 
 
Washington: Help! We’re Overrun By Nerds And Slackers! 
 
Washington, D.C.: Wanna Be Mayor? 
 
West Virginia: One Big Happy Family… Really! 
 
Wisconsin: Come Cut The Cheese  

Wyoming: Where Men Are Men… and the sheep are scared!