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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 >