NDIOMO - We Go in Italian
DOBDOO - Frank Sinatra
SHADOB - Rolling Stones
TARKUS - ELP
FLUSTR - Whisper in German
DOBDOO - Frank Sinatra
SHADOB - Rolling Stones
TARKUS - ELP
FLUSTR - Whisper in German
Vanity Plate Ideas
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BRKHOS - you know the song "....is a brick house"
The winning plate of each thread goes to a final vote.
362436
WININ&
MITMIT
LETNIT
HANGAT
OSHESA
Have seen in my travels.
TARDIS, ME on a Blue Subaru
36DD4ME ,ME on a Scion XB
MUFF DVR, VA on a Chrysler 300 Sedan
DUDE WTF, ME on a Subaru Forester
ASSMAN, ME on rusty Main pickup truck
MEROCKS, ME on our Geologist neighbor’s Nissan Pathfinder.
DUSTEE, ME a friend’s nickname on her Ranger pickup
TESORO, CA Italian for treasure on a friend’s 2002
MPRESV, ME, CT & PA. my 1997 E36 M3 plate.
CHEAPSK8, CT my uncle Tat’s MB190e, he was an accountant.
AIR & COOL Uncle Tat loves Air Cooled Prewar Franklins. He had a 1932 5 Passenger and Sedan & 1931 Convertible Coupe Roadster with these. Not sure what he has on the 1931 anymore.
In “F.P.A. The Life & Times of Franklin Pierce Adams” by Sally Ashley wrote about, him being an awful poker player, when he won a hand the Weston CT Police Chief lost, Frank quipped “Could put my initials on my license plates. Those first Vanity Plates we’re actually hand painted. Frank wasn’t the best driver, one year Tat gifted us an outtake photo from the Life Article with my Grandfather posing with his Franklin…attached.
Zip Codes if available in various towns.
One friend has their 7 digit VIN Vanity Plate 2762945
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Surprised that one made it through the DMV process...
ScottAndrews
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In VT, isn't the entire hill the one mogul?
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ScottAndrews
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I know this is about personalized PLATES, but I thought I'd chime in with both a personal plate and the corresponding car name.
I have a 1980 Euro 635 that I restored back in 2007 or so. She is the genuine article with an M90 motor, Getrag 265 trans, and 3.07 LSD diff. I bought her in sorry shape for $2K in 2000 because I had just moved back from Japan, and needed a car. Faded Brasil Braun paint (a different expletive comes to mind for the shade...), seat velour that emitted puffs of dust when you touched them, and seemingly solid, but unknown mechanicals. My wife to be christened her Rocinante, after Don Quixote's horse. For those who know (many, I suspect) Rocinante means "old nag", but it is somewhat more complex. From Wikipedia:
I have a 1980 Euro 635 that I restored back in 2007 or so. She is the genuine article with an M90 motor, Getrag 265 trans, and 3.07 LSD diff. I bought her in sorry shape for $2K in 2000 because I had just moved back from Japan, and needed a car. Faded Brasil Braun paint (a different expletive comes to mind for the shade...), seat velour that emitted puffs of dust when you touched them, and seemingly solid, but unknown mechanicals. My wife to be christened her Rocinante, after Don Quixote's horse. For those who know (many, I suspect) Rocinante means "old nag", but it is somewhat more complex. From Wikipedia:
"Rocín in Spanish means a work horse or low-quality horse, but can also mean an illiterate or rough man. There are similar words in English(rouncey), French (roussin or roncin; rosse), Portuguese (rocim), and Italian(ronzino). The etymology is uncertain.
The name is a complex pun. In Spanish, ante has several meanings and can function as a standalone word as well as a suffix. One meaning is 'before' or 'previously'. Another is 'in front of'. As a suffix, -ante in Spanish is adverbial; rocinante refers to functioning as, or being, a rocín.
Rocinante's name, then, signifies his change in status from the "old nag" of before to the "foremost" steed"
Seemed and still seems apropos, even though today she is more the latter... (see pic...)
Which brings us to my E9. She is also pretty naggy, but, as we all know, has a deeper beauty and sophistication. I began naming her as the counterpart to Rocinante, which is Dulcinea. Again from Wiki:
"Her name is Dulcinea, her country El Toboso, a village of La Mancha, her rank must be at least that of a princess, since she is my queen and lady, and her beauty superhuman, since all the impossible and fanciful attributes of beauty which the poets apply to their ladies are verified in her; for her hairs are gold, her forehead Elysian fields, her eyebrows rainbows, her eyes suns, her cheeks roses, her lips coral, her teeth pearls, her neck alabaster, her bosom marble, her hands ivory, her fairness snow, and what modesty conceals from sight such, I think and imagine, as rational reflection can only extol, not compare"
I mean, how much more descriptive of an E9 could THAT be??!!
Sadly, it doesn't fit, even on a German plate, so I shortened it to DULCINA, which is more or less the same, and not quite so literal..
The name is a complex pun. In Spanish, ante has several meanings and can function as a standalone word as well as a suffix. One meaning is 'before' or 'previously'. Another is 'in front of'. As a suffix, -ante in Spanish is adverbial; rocinante refers to functioning as, or being, a rocín.
Rocinante's name, then, signifies his change in status from the "old nag" of before to the "foremost" steed"
Seemed and still seems apropos, even though today she is more the latter... (see pic...)
Which brings us to my E9. She is also pretty naggy, but, as we all know, has a deeper beauty and sophistication. I began naming her as the counterpart to Rocinante, which is Dulcinea. Again from Wiki:
"Her name is Dulcinea, her country El Toboso, a village of La Mancha, her rank must be at least that of a princess, since she is my queen and lady, and her beauty superhuman, since all the impossible and fanciful attributes of beauty which the poets apply to their ladies are verified in her; for her hairs are gold, her forehead Elysian fields, her eyebrows rainbows, her eyes suns, her cheeks roses, her lips coral, her teeth pearls, her neck alabaster, her bosom marble, her hands ivory, her fairness snow, and what modesty conceals from sight such, I think and imagine, as rational reflection can only extol, not compare"
I mean, how much more descriptive of an E9 could THAT be??!!
Sadly, it doesn't fit, even on a German plate, so I shortened it to DULCINA, which is more or less the same, and not quite so literal..
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BURAQ the winged horse the prophet Mohammed rode to visit heaven
Clever, but I couldn't do it....would remind me constantly of a past POTUS.
Pegasus perhaps?Clever, but I couldn't do it....would remind me constantly of a past POTUS.
"The Turk" has too many letters for a Florida plate. I might get a plate that says "TURKIS"
My mom's last car was a Bright Metallic Green Beetle Turbo that looked like a Pea her plate was DOLCE
An old girlfriend in San Rafael, CA had that same plate
me parece estupendo que decidieses emplear el nombre de Dulcinea para nombrar a tu coche, aunque DULCINA finalmente haya quedado en poco, pues no se entiende ni se relaciona foneticamente, Dulcina, al igual que Dulcinea no significa nada, tiene la raiz Dulce (sweet), pero la terminacion es solo para sustantivarla con caratcer femenino;
sin embargo me gustaria comentar algunas imprecisiones que has encontrado por internet que no se sostienen y son decididamente invenciones carentes de sentido.
Dulcinea era una vulgar campesina sin ningun interes y posiblemente sin ningun atractivo real, pero que a los ojos del loco Don Quijote era transformada en una noble dama. todo en Don quijote es inventado, pero hay una invencion dentro de la invencion, Cervantes inventa a Don Quijote y su personajes reales por asi decirlo, y luego Don Quijote inventa a sus propios personajes transformando a los personajes inventados por Cervantes, llegando al extremo incluso de inventarse a si mismo.
no veo que Dulcinea sea counterpart de Rocinante, pues Rocinante es tambien un mal caballo transformado en un maravilloso corcel por la imaginacion del loco don quijote; esta claro que Sancho es counterpart de DonQuijote, Rucio de Rocinante, pero Dulcinea es un personaje unico central y un poco aislado. Dulcinea es la chica de la pelicula, con la peculiaridad de que no interviene en la novela, no tiene dialogos ni escenas propias, es mas un decorado humano.
que tu coche sea tu dulcinea, es genial, pero visto en perspectiva hay que conocer sus implicaciones
por otro lado llamar a un e24 rocinante es una de las cosas mas risibles que he visto en mi vida, no creo que tuviera mucho exito por aqui
I think it's wonderful that you decided to use the name Dulcinea for your car, although DULCINA ultimately fell short, as it's neither understood nor phonetically related. Dulcina, like Dulcinea, doesn't mean anything; it has the root "Dulce" (sweet), but the ending is only a way to creat a feminine noun.
However, I'd like to comment on some inaccuracies you've found online that don't hold water and are decidedly meaningless inventions.
Dulcinea was a common peasant girl with no real interest and possibly no real appeal, but in the eyes of the madman Don Quixote, she was transformed into a noble lady, the lady of his dreams. Everything in Don Quixote is invented, but there's an invention within the invention. Cervantes invents Don Quixote and his real characters in the novel, so to speak, and then Don Quixote invents his own characters, transforming the characters invented by Cervantes, even going so far as to invent himself.
I don't see Dulcinea as a counterpart to Rocinante, since Rocinante is also a bad horse transformed into a wonderful steed by the imagination of the mad Don Quixote. It's clear that Sancho is a counterpart to Don Quixote, and Rucio to Rocinante, but Dulcinea is a single, central and somewhat isolated character. Dulcinea is the girl in the film, with the peculiarity that she doesn't intervene in the novel; she has no dialogue or scenes of her own; she's more of a human landscape used as a reference.
being your car your Dulcinea is great, it gives you something to talk about.
sin embargo me gustaria comentar algunas imprecisiones que has encontrado por internet que no se sostienen y son decididamente invenciones carentes de sentido.
Dulcinea era una vulgar campesina sin ningun interes y posiblemente sin ningun atractivo real, pero que a los ojos del loco Don Quijote era transformada en una noble dama. todo en Don quijote es inventado, pero hay una invencion dentro de la invencion, Cervantes inventa a Don Quijote y su personajes reales por asi decirlo, y luego Don Quijote inventa a sus propios personajes transformando a los personajes inventados por Cervantes, llegando al extremo incluso de inventarse a si mismo.
no veo que Dulcinea sea counterpart de Rocinante, pues Rocinante es tambien un mal caballo transformado en un maravilloso corcel por la imaginacion del loco don quijote; esta claro que Sancho es counterpart de DonQuijote, Rucio de Rocinante, pero Dulcinea es un personaje unico central y un poco aislado. Dulcinea es la chica de la pelicula, con la peculiaridad de que no interviene en la novela, no tiene dialogos ni escenas propias, es mas un decorado humano.
que tu coche sea tu dulcinea, es genial, pero visto en perspectiva hay que conocer sus implicaciones
por otro lado llamar a un e24 rocinante es una de las cosas mas risibles que he visto en mi vida, no creo que tuviera mucho exito por aqui
I think it's wonderful that you decided to use the name Dulcinea for your car, although DULCINA ultimately fell short, as it's neither understood nor phonetically related. Dulcina, like Dulcinea, doesn't mean anything; it has the root "Dulce" (sweet), but the ending is only a way to creat a feminine noun.
However, I'd like to comment on some inaccuracies you've found online that don't hold water and are decidedly meaningless inventions.
Dulcinea was a common peasant girl with no real interest and possibly no real appeal, but in the eyes of the madman Don Quixote, she was transformed into a noble lady, the lady of his dreams. Everything in Don Quixote is invented, but there's an invention within the invention. Cervantes invents Don Quixote and his real characters in the novel, so to speak, and then Don Quixote invents his own characters, transforming the characters invented by Cervantes, even going so far as to invent himself.
I don't see Dulcinea as a counterpart to Rocinante, since Rocinante is also a bad horse transformed into a wonderful steed by the imagination of the mad Don Quixote. It's clear that Sancho is a counterpart to Don Quixote, and Rucio to Rocinante, but Dulcinea is a single, central and somewhat isolated character. Dulcinea is the girl in the film, with the peculiarity that she doesn't intervene in the novel; she has no dialogue or scenes of her own; she's more of a human landscape used as a reference.
being your car your Dulcinea is great, it gives you something to talk about.
ScottAndrews
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Thanks for the detailed explanation!!!
I was able to locate a German plate with M-DULCINEA, so all's good!
The connection between Rocinante and Dulcinaea is indeed only limited to thier presence in the novel. However, what they both share is their renaissance from obsolete impoverished irrelevance to magnificence in the mind of Don Quixote. Like our cars, we face down decrepitness, to envision and create magnificence...
I also looked again at your coordinates. After visiting southern Spain last fall, I am keen to someday visit Bilbao.
Scott
If you were from Chicago, it could be "Da Turk."
For me nothing is cooler than a period plate if your state allows a real one to be registered:
