Re: USAGE: names for pillbug/wood louse/woodbug
From: | Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, March 16, 2004, 17:27 |
Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> writes:
>The rules for license plates in the US vary from state to state. Those
>states which intermix letters and numbers may skip O in order to avoid
>confusion with 0, and may also skip I to avoid confusion with 1, but
>here in Georgia the letters and numbers in the normal plates are
>separated (the normal pattern is "ABC 1234"), so no confusion arises.
>There is still the possibility of confusion in vanity plates, however,
>which allow the vehicle owner to request any combination of 7 letters and
>digits in any order, subject to review and approval by the Department
>of Motor Vehicles.
In California, all non-vanity plates are coded with: number + three
letters + three numbers.
There exists the possibility for 3 letter words to appear, and i think
i've only rarely seen anything recognizeable, but never any "vulgarities"
like ASS or COK or KOK