Re: Totally OT
From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
Date: | Thursday, July 19, 2001, 15:38 |
My license plate says yr Awen,
"the Muse." Everyone thinks it's
"yer Aye-wen," and wants to know
to know what an ayewen is.
I also have a little Welsh dragon on
the car.
Sally Caves
scaves@frontiernet.net
----- Original Message -----
From: David Peterson <DigitalScream@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 2:28 AM
Subject: Totally OT
> This isn't going to mean anything to most of you, but flipping through
> the California DMV website, I noticed you could check which personalized
> license plates are still available (this is at www.dmv.ca.gov,
substituting
> whatever two letter state code for another united state). Here are some
of
> interest:
>
> Available:
> ARTLANG
> AUXLANG
> LNGUAGE
> MEGDEVI (language of mine)
> GWEYDR (another)
>
> Not Available:
> CONLANG
>
> Which means that SOMEONE in California is going around with a license
> plate that reads CONLANG (possibly someone on this list? Mr. Smith at
> UCLA?). Of interest to James Joyce fans:
>
> Available:
> JJOYCE
>
> Not Available:
> ULYSSES
> DEDALUS
> FINEGAN
>
> If you're ever bored, it's always fun to see what's available and
what's
> not.
>
> -David
>