Do you know your state motto? If not, check out this handy map of the slogans and phrases that help define each one. CashNetUSA // CC by SA 4.0 Unless you pay a lot of attention to license plates ...

In order to create the map above, we used a layered ... words that are in one way or another associated with a particular state. That got us off to a coruscant start (linguists!).

A motto is defined as a short sentence or phrase ... of the state’s love affair with its mountainous terrain and the freedom it offers its residents. Do you know yours? Explore the maps below ...

A panel of linguists has deemed “red state, blue state, purple state” the phrase that most colored the nation’s lexicon in 2004. Attendees at the annual convention of the Linguistic Society ...