Your State/Province slogan

[bobbiwoz]

Oh my, this is what I found for NJ, sigh.

 

[LSUmiss]

For example I've heard in Nebraska it is, Not for everyone. Please correct me if I've heard it wrong.

Mine is, 'Yours to discover' here in Ontario, Canada

However, The Heartland Province, and Province of Opportunity are as well.

I think that’s a new tourism slogan for Nebraska. At least that’s what the report I heard on NPR said.

 

[LSUmiss]

Apparently ours has been updated. I always knew it as Sportman’s Paradise. But now there are 2 others & they’re “Fall in love with Louisiana all over again” & “Come as you are. Leave different.”

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

The Volunteer State

The official state slogan is "Tennessee - America at its Best," & our state motto is "Agriculture & Commerce."

I believe our current tourism slogan is "Tennessee - Sounds Good to Me," but it's also been "The Stage is Set for You" & "We're Playing Your Song."

You forgot the state wine.

WHY CAN'T WE BEAT ALABAMA!!!!!!???!!!

 

[Deb & Bill]

Apparently ours has been updated. I always knew it as Sportman’s Paradise. But now there are 2 others & they’re “Fall in love with Louisiana all over again” & “Come as you are. Leave different.”

A good one for Louisiana might be "We're not Illinois". And Illinois could be "We're not Louisiana." I've lived in both states.
When we lived in Montana, it was "Last Best Place", but the official motto was Oro Y Plata, for all the gold and silver mining in the state.

 

[porschegrl]

My state has already been covered, so I'm here to represent for Wyoming.

According to wyo.gov, they're the Equality State, and their motto is Equal Rights. Other fun facts: the state coin is the golden Sacajawea dollar, and the state dinosaur is the triceratops. (Do all states have a state dinosaur?!?)

 

[RedAngie]

My husband is from Quebec, where it is "Je me souviens", which means "I remember". Which my husband says is a veiled threat to the rest of Canada lol.

 

[tcufrog]

Don't mess with Texas

That was actually a slogan of an anti-littering campaign.

 

[PollyannaMom]

My state has already been covered, so I'm here to represent for Wyoming.

According to wyo.gov, they're the Equality State, and their motto is Equal Rights. Other fun facts: the state coin is the golden Sacajawea dollar, and the state dinosaur is the triceratops. (Do all states have a state dinosaur?!?)

No. The MA "state fossil" is "dinosaur tracks," though, so I think that's as close as we get:

https://statesymbolsusa.org/states/united-states/massachusetts

 

[Kitty 34]

Michigan also has a fossil.....the Petosky Stone! That's pretty close to having our own state dinosaur!

 

[Tiggerish]

And

 

[NFLDERS]

Oh my, this is what I found for NJ, sigh.

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OH MY!

 

[cinnaminny]

My husband is from Quebec, where it is "Je me souviens", which means "I remember". Which my husband says is a veiled threat to the rest of Canada lol.

I like that!! lol

 

[NFLDERS]

A few years ago there was a campaign to come up with something different as our state slogan.

Some of them were pretty funny (and true!):

Our Favorite Reader Submissions for Massachusetts State Slogans
We asked for suggested state slogans, and you obliged.
Eric Randall4/23/2015, 10:43 a.m.

The state’s tourism chief wants to do away with Massachusetts’s dullsville state slogan, “It’s All Here,” so we asked you, dear reader, to help us brainstorm some new suggestions. And brainstorm you did.

Not all the submissions made on our Facebook page were great. (Some of you should really stay away from careers in marketing or comedy writing.) But many were. It’s easy to make jokes about taxes (more on that in a moment), but it’s hard to come up with a real tourism slogan that doesn’t sound super lame. Among the earnest suggestions we liked:

“Massachusetts: Where it began.”

Or

“An Uncommon Commonwealth.”

Or

“Wicked Revolutionary.” (We know jokes about regionalisms are a little tired, but this one worked for us anyway.)

Of course, most of you did not take this exercise seriously, but we appreciated your submissions anyway. Submissions like:

“Massachusetts: Florida’s Summer Home.”

Or

“Massachusetts: “Hard to spell, impossible to beat.”

Or

“Massachusetts: Say hi to your motha’ for us.”

Sometimes, state slogans can serve a practical purpose, so we enjoyed this submission:

“Massachusetts: Oncoming traffic yields at rotaries.”

Slogans can also exhibit a bit of bravado. Some states take the chance to display an ego. Delaware’s, for instance, is “It’s Good Being First.” With that in mind, we liked:

“Massachusetts: Kiss our Mass.”

As we said, not all suggestions were good. Many of you are still feeling that April 15 sting, and suggested something to the effect of “Open Your Wallet,” or “Bend Over.” Let’s exclude those from consideration. This is for tourismpeople. State slogans can be occasions for political statements. (Washington D.C.’s is “Taxation without representation.”) But many of you got, shall we say, a bit too political. Like this commenter’s suggested slogan:

“Welcome to the land of do nothing hacks who get us to do their jobs for them. They were too lazy to come up with a slogan yet take a paycheck every day anyway. How’s that?”

Well, to tell the truth, it needs work, bud. It’s a little verbose, and honestly, we’d probably just as well stick with “It’s all here.”



Good thread, NFLDERS

My father, and his youngest sibling were born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He was only 2 years old when his mother was deported back to Newfoundland. Her first husband perished on the Southern Cross sinking, and she took her 2 older children whom were Nflders to try life in the USA living with an Aunt who had herself left Newfoundland decades earlier. Life was hard.

 

[NFLDERS]

My husband is from Quebec, where it is "Je me souviens", which means "I remember". Which my husband says is a veiled threat to the rest of Canada lol.

Interesting...

 

[serenitynow]

Illinois, home of the historical slogan “Vote early and vote often”

 

[Skippy918]

Texas - it’s like a whole other country
Also, Everything’s bigger in Texas

 

[Pea-n-Me]

My father, and his youngest sibling were born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He was only 2 years old when his mother was deported back to Newfoundland. Her first husband perished on the Southern Cross sinking, and she took her 2 older children whom were Nflders to try life in the USA living with an Aunt who had herself left Newfoundland decades earlier. Life was hard.

I know Lowell, but I had to look up the Southern Cross disaster. How sad! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Southern_Cross_(1886)

So I guess, had life been different, you may have been with us here in MA!

 

[bcla]

Nevada is “The Silver State” and we are “Battle Born.” I am not aware of any unofficial slogans. Vegas of course has had many over the years. This past year it has been “Vegas Strong.” With the one year anniversary of the shooting there was an effort to make it “Vegas Stronger” but it hasn’t really stuck. The Vegas Golden Knights use “Vegas Born” and we natives and long time residents have appropriated that for ourselves. Being “Vegas Born” I admit I’m a sucker for that slogan and will pick up just about anything with it on it.

The subject seems to be more tourism board slogans. The target audience is rarely going to see it for obvious reasons. For the past few years Travel Nevada has used Cole Porter’s “Don’t Fence Me In” as performed by The Killers and I’ve seen them broadcast in Northern California. Their commercials over the years have shown gambling, but they seem to be focused on outdoor activities.

 

[bcla]

Aberdeen, Washington uses the words of a former resident who killed himself with a shotgun.