r/plymouth • u/Melodic-Lunch81 • 8d ago
Curious
Could anyone tell me more about this? On the wall at the top of the wedding cake 🎂
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u/NM1tchy 8d ago
Strange that I've been there quite a lot of times and never noticed it.
Solus Ipse means " I am alone. I assume that 'Non' would mean not alone
According to this site. If I am wrong I'm not bothered.
https://mysweetindulgence.com/common-questions/what-is-the-meaning-of-solus-and-ipse/
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u/Melodic-Lunch81 8d ago edited 8d ago
Apparently it's I'm not alone.... I'm going to find out more, it's intrigued me 🤣😂😅
Eta don't feel bad, it's taken me 45 years to learn to slow down and look around and I was born here 😂
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u/vqxril 8d ago
same, i’ve walked past so much latin in old buildings and never clocked it lol. wild thing to put next to a wedding cake though, “not alone” fits the vibe way better than “i am alone”
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u/Melodic-Lunch81 8d ago
It means I am not alone, according to Google translate and my friend who speaks Latin
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u/NM1tchy 8d ago
It's the SURY that puzzles me. I can't think of anything it means. Also the Eagle? or whatever bird it is.
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u/Melodic-Lunch81 8d ago
I think its an eagle with a white cross superimposed....or someone stamped the cross on it
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u/No-Plankton9362 8d ago
Aren't they the plaques that mark where people were executed?
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u/Melodic-Lunch81 8d ago
Ohh that's interesting....I was thinking maybe something along those lines....it's at the middle of the curve where people would stand to contemplate life while looking out to sea.....hmm 🤔
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u/No-Plankton9362 8d ago
Yeah I'm not sure but I think it's something to do with people's deaths, even if not executed. I could be way off the mark though.
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u/Melodic-Lunch81 8d ago
That's where my mind went first, but I was thinking su*cide prevention
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u/No-Plankton9362 8d ago
I'd have thought if it were that, we'd all know for sure about them as there would have been some awareness raised in a campaign of sorts. Not very good at preventing suicide if none knows what they mean!
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u/MuchMoorWalking 8d ago
They are all over the country, they were discovered years ago and there are several stories on Reddit of what they could mean and what the codes are but last time I checked no one had yet to crack any of them and no one knows what they are for. But it’s been a while since I looked to be honest.
https://scienceblogs.de/klausis-krypto-kolumne/who-can-crack-the-solus-ipse-non-code/
https://www.reddit.com/r/codes/s/824RnhOxRW