# Suggestions for a personalized license plate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456 "2006-02-01T02:32:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/1 "2006-02-01T02:32:21Z")
So I’m pretty sure I’m getting a personalized license plate for this car I’m pretty sure I’m getting. Heh. I’m really just waiting on my income tax to come in. Since this is my first car, my mom said she’d buy(or pay for, whateva) a personalized license plate for me. Now I just need help coming up with something. Suggestions? My initals are DTL, but I really want a word of some kind. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/2 "2006-02-01T02:43:51Z")
How many letters are on your state’s plates? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/3 "2006-02-01T02:45:54Z")
> [@WomanofScorn](#): > > My initals are DTL, but I really want a word of some kind. DownTroddenLady ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/4 "2006-02-01T02:46:37Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > How many letters are on your state’s plates? 3 letters, 3 numbers is what my husband’s plates have, now if that’s for all of Arkansas, I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/5 "2006-02-01T02:50:28Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > DownTroddenLady Heh. I was unclear, this was for a regular license plate, not like an airbrushed one, or something like that. I thought they were called personal license plates, but I’m probably wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/6 "2006-02-01T03:01:02Z")
> [@WomanofScorn](#): > > 3 letters, 3 numbers is what my husband’s plates have, now if that’s for all of Arkansas, I don’t know. Well, that’s probably for standard-issue plates. You need to find out what’s allowed on vanity plates for your state (number of letters/numbers, number of spaces) before you choose a plate. In WI it’s up to 7 letters/numbers, up to 2 spaces. (Standard plates have 3 numbers and 3 letters, in that order.) What are your interests, hobbies, quirks, etc.? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/7 "2006-02-01T03:09:05Z")
[All Arkansas specialty plates](http://www.state.ar.us/dfa/motor_vehicle/mv_plates.php) – varying numbers of characters. [Arkansas plain-vanilla personalized plates](http://www.state.ar.us/dfa/motor_vehicle/mv_plates_detail.php?pl_id=39) --looks like 7 characters, no spaces. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/8 "2006-02-01T04:55:39Z")
If fewer than seven characters are allowed: SDMB 4 CECIL 4 C ADAMS CITE (although this could be interpreted as a dare by law enforcement personnel) RIO RIO (as a reference to the “That’s _Rio_ by Duran Duran” running gag on these boards) 1920SDR (1920’s-style Death Rays reference) ENSUES (as in “Penis Ensues”, since the first word of that phrase wouldn’t be allowed) ---
**Author:** ![AmbushBug](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ambushbug/32/4600_2.png) [@AmbushBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmbushBug)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/9 "2006-02-01T07:37:05Z")
If Alabama issued a front license plate, I’d suggest “1N5VN3”. Upside-down on the front of your vehicle, it would read “INSANE” to the drivers of cars you wish to pass. ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/10 "2006-02-02T02:42:10Z")
Let’s see, hobbies etc… I love photography, writing, wire working, and Antonio Banderas. I’m a Stephen King fan as well. Sternvogel I liked your thinking, I’ll have to consider some. AmbushBug my husband would think that was a good thing 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/11 "2006-02-02T03:21:55Z")
Hmmm… If you’ve got a Florida plate A55 RGY would make for [an interesting plate](http://www.killsometime.com/Pictures/images/Ass-Orgy.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/12 "2006-02-02T15:01:28Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Hmmm… If you’ve got a Florida plate A55 RGY would make for [an interesting plate](http://www.killsometime.com/Pictures/images/Ass-Orgy.jpg). I actually knew someone in Florida on my last job with a license plate of A55 FKL. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/13 "2006-02-02T15:29:00Z")
Your handle: WOSCORN WMNSCRN DTLWOS Dopeiana: THEDOPE (then again, some might misinterpret that to mean you… :rolleyes:) STRDOPE SDMBER UNCACEC TEEMING MILLNTH FOCECIL (“Friend Of”. Not what _you’re_ thinking.) IMADOPR (probably not gonna fly with the DMV) 3HIOPAL Passions: WIRFOTO WIREWRT WRTFOTO STVKING KINGRDR TONYFAN LUVTONY BNDERAS SKABFAN (SK + AB Fan) DTLSKAB Other: DTLSCAR (what’s left after you peel off DTLSKAB?) ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/14 "2006-02-02T15:32:05Z")
Stolen None 4nik8r 2fast4u Backoff Imdrunk ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/15 "2006-02-02T20:08:44Z")
Hmmm so many good suggestions. I have to say if I could get away with it 4nik8er would be hilarious. On the other hand seeing DTLSKAB, which I know is for my intials, Stephen King, and Tonio, it made me think of DTLSCAB. Which made me think of DEESCAB and somehow I like it. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/16 "2006-02-02T23:34:34Z")
Be absolutely sure you want vanity plates! The problem is that everybody remembers the plate - which may be your point, but I know people who have had them: “Hey, saw your car parked at the porno shop the other day!” “Wow, I didn’t know you stayed out so late - saw your car parked at the bar when I was coming home from late shift.” “So you shop at KMart, eh? Saw your car parked there yesterday.” (you get the idea) Otherwise, I have to admit I have chuckled at a few, and have been puzzled by others. Fun to read when stuck in traffic. SCORNFED ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/17 "2006-02-03T02:49:07Z")
My CA plate used to read “EJS GIRL” until I started using it as my standard web username. Then it came off the car, never to return. I saw one here that said “too black to handle.” It was 2BLK2(picture of a hand)L. In CA, we can use +, a heart, or a hand as one letter. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/18 "2006-02-03T03:16:42Z")
The best vanity plate I ever saw was: **APOX ON U** This was in Wisconsin, which as mentioned above, allows two spaces in addition to the seven letters. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-personalized-license-plate/342456/19 "2006-02-03T20:46:31Z")
CA will let you slip in one 1/2 space, even if you use all 7 letters.