Vermont considers Latin motto, zealots flip out in confusion

A sweet eighth grader with an interest in her state's history had the idea to change the state motto of Vermont.

The young girl from Riverside School in Lyndonville wrote to her senator asking that the state adopt a new motto, "Stella quarta decima fulgeat," meaning  "May the fourteenth star shine bright."

Local television station WCAX covered the feel-good story, posting on their Facebook, "Should Vermont have an official Latin motto?"

Unfortunately for them, their Facebook buddies were very, very confused about what they meant by “Latin motto” and responded in a way that made their ignorance very known.

"No way, this is America not Mexico or Latin America. And they need to learn our language, just like if we go there they want us to speak theirs," one user writes.

"I thought Vermont was American not Latin? Does any Latin places have American mottos?" another chimes in.

"We are AMERICANS, not latins, why not come up with a Vermont motto that is actually from us," a third thinks aloud.

Thankfully, not everyone on the thread was quite as uncultured as their peers.

As David Davidson writes, "Today on WCAX I learned that Latin is the language of Latino people. Also that our school system has failed a large number of people..."