if you come to sevilla and say that you didn't see this symbol - NO8DO - anywhere...you didn't have your eyes open. it's everywhere. buses. flags. bike racks, man hole covers...
i didn't get it at first, but the story behind it is awesome.
this is sevilla's official motto.
it's a play on words (which ranks pretty highly in my book).
this is what my research told me:
"The motto is in fact a play on words, made from combining the Spanish syllables (NO and DO) and a drawing in between–the figure ‘8’. The figure represents a skein of yarn, ‘madeja’ in Spanish. When read aloud, ‘No madeja do’ sounds like ‘No me ha dejado,’ which means ‘It [Seville] has not abandoned me [King].’
Kings Alfonso X, ‘The Wise King’ was a scholar king, a poet, astronomer, astrologer, musician and linguist. When Alfonso’s son, Sancho IV of Castile, tried to make a grab for the throne from his father, the people of Seville remained loyal to their beloved ‘Wise King’. After defeating his son, King Alfonso X rewarded the fidelity of the ‘Sevillanos’ with the words that now appear on the official emblem of the city of Seville. Seville did not abandon the King so it shall be honoured forever with NO8DO ‘It has not abandoned me’.
Okay, so, I'm sorry I keep commenting on your stuff, but it's INTERESTING.
ReplyDeleteThis is really similar to Rome, I think, and they have SQPD all over EVERYTHING. I think that's the thing, anyway..
yeah! i learned what that means... something about how everyone is a roman, or rome is the people. it's along those lines. some latin acronym...
ReplyDelete& please, comment away, doll! it makes me feel like i have an audience hahaha
made my day!!! i've been wondering what that was!
ReplyDeleteSPQR is an initialism from a Latin phrase, Senatus Populusque Romanus ("The Senate and People of Rome"), referring to the government of the ancient Roman Republic, and used as an official signature of the government
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