# Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965 "2023-11-11T02:25:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/501 "2024-07-07T03:56:03Z")
Or **EV QUUS** if EQUUS is what they truly wanted. But I’m not sure I’m buying it. I think they wanted the **F**. Another character frequently substituting for **E** is **3**. **EV 3QUS**. Yeah I’m skeptical at best. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/502 "2024-07-07T13:07:08Z")
Or maybe **EV FQUS** is really “EV? F\*\*\* us!”. As in “My spouse made us buy this stupid thing and I hate everything about EVs because of the 24/7 “news” shows I watch.” ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/503 "2024-07-09T05:30:42Z")
Another one for Silicon Valley here: **COMPILE**. [![](https://i.imgur.com/ZMlLLlc.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ZMlLLlc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/504 "2024-07-09T23:12:11Z")
I just saw one in the last hour. A clean 1st-gen Ford Bronco with plates. **YP KI AY.** All that it needed was a companion car: **MTHR FKR**. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/505 "2024-07-10T00:45:28Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > One of the elderly gents at my condo was named Adolph. Given the timing and place of his birth I have little doubt that The Other Adolph was his namesake. I knew one Adolph in my life. He was a former boss. Also, African American and a junior. So, I’m sure he was not named after the more famous one. > [@Zyada](#): > > Maybe she was named after Zsa Zsa ZsaZsa is a nickname for Zsuzsana (i.e. Susan) – a fairly common Hungarian name. It’s one of my middle names, although my mom anglicized it sadly. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@Bullitt](#): > > > > I saw **AQAFRSH** on a brightly colored Porsche 911 Targa. > > Same color as the package! A friend of my sister used to have a car (NOT a Porsche!) that color about 40 years ago. Everybody called it the Crestmobile. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/506 "2024-07-10T03:39:22Z")
Saw this one today… OMGRUOK ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/507 "2024-07-10T15:15:41Z")
Yesterday I saw a VW Beetle with West Virginia University tags\* that said “WVUVW.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/508 "2024-07-10T15:38:47Z")
wrong thread ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/509 "2024-07-10T16:40:55Z")
Hmmm, not sure what this would mean… **MS SIGNY** [![](https://i.imgur.com/2sT36Ul.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/2sT36Ul.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/cwWTiM2.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/cwWTiM2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/510 "2024-07-10T17:07:26Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > **MS SIGNY** Not sure, either. There’s an actress named [Signy Coleman](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171218/); maybe it’s her car? It looks like she’s retired from acting, but it also looks like she’s originally from northern California. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/511 "2024-07-10T17:14:09Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Hmmm, not sure what this would mean… **MS SIGNY** It’s on a California plate, so maybe “Missing New York”? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/512 "2024-07-10T22:02:38Z")
“Sigourney” is certainly a woman’s name. Of that we can be sure even without orbital nuking. And such a woman might well go by “Sig” So she’s Miss (or Ms) Sig from NY? Or she goes by “Signy” and it’s just "Miss or Ms MyFirstName I _hope_ that’s not an attempt to slip “misogyny” past the DMVs censors. Which was the first thought that flashed into my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/513 "2024-07-10T22:54:01Z")
Googling “Ms Signy” I’m finding a few people that go by that name. Either because Signy is their first or last name. I’m guessing that’s not the case here, but it’s a possibility. I like the “Missing NY” idea, but since I assume “MS SIGNY” and “MSSIG NY” are considered the same thing, I’m not sure why they’d put the space there. I do see Michigan University, Ohio State University and Swarthmore College decals. Maybe something related to them. Or maybe she’s Miss Stingy. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/514 "2024-07-10T23:07:56Z")
Yes it might be Sigourney. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/515 "2024-07-10T23:08:17Z")
Different spelling, but Signe Toly Anderson was a founding member of Jefferson Airplane. > **[Signe Toly Anderson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signe_Toly_Anderson)** > > Signe Toly Anderson (/ˈsɪɡni/ SIG-nee; born Signe Toly; September 15, 1941 – January 28, 2016) was an American singer who was one of the founding members of the American rock band Jefferson Airplane. > Signe Toly was born in Seattle, Washington on September 15, 1941. Her parents divorced when she was three, and her mother raised her in Portland, Oregon. Toly sang in a band with three male musicians she had known in high school, under the name Three Guys and a Gal. The group performed at a campai... ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/516 "2024-07-11T02:14:51Z")
When I saw this I heard the voice of Forrest Gump saying it: **MY JENNI** [![](https://i.imgur.com/HzRia1n.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/HzRia1n.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/8VmKtXM.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/8VmKtXM.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/517 "2024-07-12T15:46:41Z")
This one is brilliant: **PLEIAD★** [![](https://i.imgur.com/AGHv8Ko.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/AGHv8Ko.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/Rg1OdOr.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Rg1OdOr.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/518 "2024-07-12T15:54:26Z")
Today I saw a new-version VW Beetle with **SUPERDOC**. I did not get a great look at it, and there’s some chance the D is actually some other vaguely similar letter like B, R, or O. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/519 "2024-07-13T04:47:52Z")
Another geeky one for Silicon Valley: **P🖤THON** [![](https://i.imgur.com/R80t94j.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/R80t94j.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/9O8fA4y.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/9O8fA4y.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/520 "2024-07-13T22:23:23Z")
I saw a late model BMW M3. The plate was one of the special backgrounds where all plates are 5 characters only. The plate read **B3ING**. Custom or ordinary series plate? If custom, does it mean “being” or does it mean “BMW M3-ing”? I initially assumed the last, but the more I thought the less I was sure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=27)