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reb77
France

vocabulary problem
 
Hello everybody,

I �m working on propaganda posters and I �m wondering what I should call the short sentence on the poster. For example "I want you for the US Army!"

Can I say it �s a "caption"? is it simply a message, a sentence, or is there a more appropriate word?

thanks for your help.

Reb77

3 Aug 2012      





maryse pey�
France

 I would call it "a historical motto".

3 Aug 2012     



GIOVANNI
Canada

I would say you could call it a patriotic caption.

3 Aug 2012     



redcamarocruiser
United States

I would say caption based on  http://www.zazzle.com/caption+posters

You can also say slogan in the case of the recruitment posters.

3 Aug 2012     



frenchfrog
France

In this article, they simply say �slogan(s) � and also �recruiting messages �: http://www.army.mil/article/322/Army_recruiting_messages_help_keep_Army_rolling_along/
 
LOL

3 Aug 2012     



almaz
United Kingdom

The text/caption on Maryse �s original (based on the British �Kitchener � poster) is definitely a propaganda message-cum-slogan (from sluagh-ghairm : �war cry � in Sc. Gaelic) but the modern variations (as in frenchfrog �s) are what would now be considered memes.

3 Aug 2012     



reb77
France

Thank you very much to you all for your help.

3 Aug 2012