"Long God yumi stanap" was Re: various infotaining natlang tidbits
| From: | Jonathan Chang <zhang2323@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 13, 2000, 19:05 |
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In a message dated 2000/06/13 06:50:00 PM, Stephen (Steg) wrote:
>One of the bills was from Vanuatu, and had a motto written under the
>portrait of someone holding a spear.
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>The motto said: "Long God yumi stanap"
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>Meaning "in God we trust", probably? Does anyone know for sure?
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Seems like it is a direct translation. Literally I think it means "In/To
God We Standup" (the "we" is inclusive).
zHANg