# Lovecraftian Licence Plate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906 "2011-05-06T00:49:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/1 "2011-05-06T00:49:05Z")
I am looking for suggestions for a Lovecraft themed licence plate, with a special interest in the Cthulhu mythos works. Somehow, I figured this might be the place to seek help. We have up to six characters to work with, but no punctuation and no symbols, just standard English letters and numbers. Spaces can be anywhere, and a hyphen is allowed. So far I’ve rejected HPL 4TW and am stuck with my own best effort, CTHULU. From the depths of cosmic prehistory, let the squamous, rugose, eldritch, and batrachian seep and slither forth to shatter the veil and reveal to me the vast, unknowable, soul crushing hideous geometry of utterly alien thought available in this forbidden place. Yeah, I know, but somebody was going to do that last bit and I figured it would be best to get it out of the way early. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/2 "2011-05-06T00:50:05Z")
FTAGN v ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/3 "2011-05-06T00:58:15Z")
Sorry, the [best cthulhu license](http://www.flickr.com/photos/sigsegv/40492213/)is already taken. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/4 "2011-05-06T00:58:44Z")
Oldone oryleh ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/5 "2011-05-06T01:29:01Z")
If they let you do punctuation you could do a Cthulhu smiley: ‎(;,😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/6 "2011-05-06T01:42:49Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > oryleh Or just RYLEH/R-LYEH if you don’t want the “ORLY”+“R’yleh” pun. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/7 "2011-05-06T02:01:16Z")
Misk u arkham dagon ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/8 "2011-05-06T02:01:20Z")
Misk U ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/9 "2011-05-06T02:09:13Z")
“HASTUR”? Or “MI-GO”? ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/10 "2011-05-06T02:47:21Z")
S3G EON L Hazrd Ocr Wrm ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/11 "2011-05-06T02:53:39Z")
I haven’t read HPL in decades, but the only ones out of all of these that I would have _gotten_ would be the Cthulu and the Misk U. I’ll add yet another vote for the Misk U. Which reminds me that I need to get one of the Miskatonic University sweatshirts I used to see online. I know…I just _know_ for a unknowable yet certain fact…that absolutely nobody for 100 miles around here would get it. Of course I’d have to get rid of anyone who DID, so it’s a good litmus. Gotta keep the competiton down. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/12 "2011-05-06T02:56:02Z")
Squmis ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/13 "2011-05-06T03:01:17Z")
Dagon deep 1 ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/14 "2011-05-06T03:18:05Z")
Lrknfr ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/15 "2011-05-06T03:21:07Z")
Kadath ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/16 "2011-05-06T03:23:06Z")
Ldrtch ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/17 "2011-05-06T03:24:50Z")
1stetn ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/18 "2011-05-06T03:27:24Z")
> [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](#): > > If they let you do punctuation you could do a Cthulhu smiley: ‎(;,😉 nevermind ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/19 "2011-05-06T03:29:29Z")
Shogth ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/20 "2011-05-06T03:31:57Z")
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