# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/21 "2011-05-06T03:43:52Z")
Tklili If you wanted to highlight some of HPL’s, um, quainter ideas, you could go with [NGR MAN](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rats_in_the_Walls#Nigger_Man) ---
**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, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/22 "2011-05-06T04:20:20Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > Kadath No, too obscure. Kadath in the cold waste hath known Them, and what man knows Kadath? ---
**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, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/23 "2011-05-06T04:22:38Z")
Actually, I think there’s more creative potential here in designing a Lovecraftian license plate **frame.** ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/24 "2011-05-06T04:41:42Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Actually, I think there’s more creative potential here in designing a Lovecraftian license plate **frame.** Go, Fighting Cephalopods! Iä! Iä! Iä! ---
**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, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/25 "2011-05-06T05:55:12Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > Lrknfr … or Lurkn4, in German. ---
**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, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/26 "2011-05-06T10:45:04Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Or just RYLEH/R-LYEH :smack: I suck at spelling. “L” before “Y” is the appropriate way to spell “R’lyeh.” Here’s another obscure suggestion: [“1K YNG”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shub-Niggurath). ---
**Author:** ![BlueOhio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@BlueOhio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueOhio)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/27 "2011-05-06T12:05:37Z")
Years ago, when my state issued license plate stickers for the county name, I cut up the sticker into separate letters so that it spelled “YIG”. The plate itself wasn’t personalized, however. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/28 "2011-05-06T12:34:01Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Actually, I think there’s more creative potential here in designing a Lovecraftian license plate **frame.** [Been done…](http://arkhambazaar.com/oddities/other/miskatonic-u.-license-plate-frame) ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/29 "2011-05-06T13:01:25Z")
FTAGHN and R-LYEH are both pretty solid, if obvious. ARKHAM would work as well, though it could mislead some Batman fans. I would go for DEEP 1 or SHOGGY. ETA: also, WWCE (Who Would Chtulhu Eat ?) ---
**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906/30 "2011-05-06T21:33:49Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > 1stetn Or E10 1ST. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraftian-licence-plate/580906.md?page=1)