1708Foreign Language Friday: OK, well it’s not a real language, being mock-Latin and all, but it’s good enough for a FLF. He was told this by his dad every time he started a new job, and it’s said to mean “Never let the bastards grind you down.”

Our subject says this advice has served him well following a 10-year career in marketing. “It’s just quite a light-hearted bit of encouragement that I get from the old man now and then.”

This SOTM was taken at the Merceica offices in Camden, London, UK.