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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 #5684 - 08/31/00 12:45 PM Re: 00 and year 2000   Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando   Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 > It appears that the only letter that does not appear anywhere in a registration is “Q”. "Q" is used for certain types of motor vehicle in the UK - certainly cars home-built from kits, and (I think) vehicles of the ASP variety - extensive restorations where so many bits from other cars have been used that one cannot readily identify the completed car with any of its donors. Bingley is perfectly correct about "I" and "O" being omitted from the prefix (or suffix,if you go back far enough), although they do, of course, appear in the main registration letters. "Z" appears in the main registration if the car was registered in Northern Ireland (Ulster/The Six Counties, depending on your political persuasion) but I think you are right in saying that it doesn't appear as a pre/suffix. Thank goodness the essential vowels do appear in the main registration, otherwise the ability for ingenious souls to produce personalised and amusing number plates would be severely circumscribed. My favourite was an old Triumph Herald with the reg. "TEN 66" #5685 - 09/01/00 08:03 AM Re: 00 and year 2000   Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Bridget addict Bridget   addict Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia >My favourite was an old Triumph Herald with the reg. "TEN 66"< Rhuby, There's another thread on that topic! #5686 - 09/01/00 01:06 PM Re: 00 and year 2000   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass "TEN 66" 10-repdigit?? <grin> *that doesn't fit the definition... #5687 - 09/02/00 12:04 AM Re: 00 and year 2000   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 4 ter stranger ter   stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 4 Denver Metro, Colorado, USA >>just for the record, "oh" is a letter and "zero" is a number... << Oh, OK! #5688 - 09/02/00 12:08 AM Re: 00 and year 2000   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Jackie Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Good one, ter! Welcome, and thank you for having such an easy name to type in! Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,881 Posts224,663 Members9,048 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Sammy87, Bentron2000, Santanu, DavidOrigami, RichEngle 9048 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 84 guests, and 4 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 51 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 10 may2point0 3 SantaFeR 1 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 9,120 wofahulicodoc 7,884 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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