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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: 00 and year 2000 #5684 08/31/00 12:45 PM 08/31/00 12:45 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando   Pooh-Bah R 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" Re: 00 and year 2000 #5685 09/01/00 08:03 AM 09/01/00 08:03 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 444 Sydney Australia B Bridget addict Bridget   addict B 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! Re: 00 and year 2000 #5686 09/01/00 01:06 PM 09/01/00 01:06 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass 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... Re: 00 and year 2000 #5687 09/02/00 12:04 AM 09/02/00 12:04 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 4 Denver Metro, Colorado, USA T ter stranger ter   stranger T Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 4 Denver Metro, Colorado, USA >>just for the record, "oh" is a letter and "zero" is a number... << Oh, OK! Re: 00 and year 2000 #5688 09/02/00 12:08 AM 09/02/00 12:08 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel 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 Topics13,883 Posts224,840 Members9,056 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Nikki1221, Veezkneez, LOC, Luna, wordie 9056 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 156 guests, and 3 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 49 LukeJavan8 24 A C Bowden 15 LOC 1 Wordsmith 1 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 9,158 wofahulicodoc 7,970 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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