Vanity License Plate Challenge
 

 
Virtual Slavic Club
 

RULES

1. Use only LATIN letters, or numbers to spell RUSSIAN words.
2. Use no more than NINE letters/spaces - including blank space and/or hyphen.

ANY STATE U.S.A. PLATES - Plates that spell words with no extra meaning.

EXTRA CREDIT: If your Russian word and U.S. state name or county name combine in a clever way, you may get as many as three pluses (+++) added to your grade.

PRIZES

FAME: Your plate will be reviewed and graded by an International Panel of Expert Mechanics.

IMMORTALITY: If accepted, your PLATE and your NAME will become an eternal part of this website!


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Send entries to: VSC WebMaster 




AnyState

CAMOBAP

Tomm Thomson IV, Kudzoo, SC
Judges: "Nice Russian word, Tomm." C+

AnyState

HE B YME

Zelda Fitzgerald, Blue Hen, DE
Judges: "A mind is a terrible thing to lose." A-

AnyState


5 CECTEP


Eda Shipp, Shopping Mall, NJ
Judges: "Grammar + declension! Outstanding!" A+
AnyState

XXI BEK


Bob Zimmerman, Ashtabula, OH
Judges: "You're taking us to another level, Bobby!" B

AnyState


HAKA3AHA


Justina Janda, Chapel Hill, NC
Judges: "No car! No TV! And no phone!!" A-

AnyState


Y HAC HET


Olga Bolemova, Baltimore, MD
Judges: "To have and have not!" A-

Nebraska


KYKYPY3A


Bonnie Balalayka, Cornflakes, Nebraska
Judges: "Go Cornhuskers!!" A+++

Hawaii


OCTPOBA


Cookie Callahan, Leftfield, OH
Judges: "Not witty but right on target!" A+

Arizona


KAKTYC


Raindrop Thundercloud, Sand Pit, AZ
Judges: "Very good!" A+

Oklahoma


PAHEE


Velveta Okie, Muskogee, OK
Judges: "Go Sooners! Brilliant!!" A+++

New York


XAMCTBO


Lev Yurasov, New York, NY
Judges: "The perfect plate!" A+++

West Virginia


HA XYTOPE


Iam Ottapapr, Outhouse, WV
Judges: "We think this says it all!" A+++
NEW ENTRIES POSTED SEPTEMBER 2003

CCCP

HA PEMOHTE

Vlada Tolley, Monkton, MD
Judges: "This is a new level! Very clever! But then, you're a retired professor and used ten spaces." A+++

CCCP

HETY

Vlada Tolley, Monkton, MD
Judges: "Maybe it was all the broken stuff that needed fixin', like the entire system." A+++

Virginia

BOT TAK


Alina Israeli, Washington, DC
Judges: "Another professor giving us new dimensions." A+++

District of Columbia

BOH BCE

Jack Wilson, College Park, MD
Judges: "Boot the bunch of them out and start over!" A++

St. Petersburg

MOE OKHO

Pete Boas, Clearwater, FL
Judges: "Peter, you are Great!" A+++

MOCKBA

MOE METPO


Adam James, Alexandria, VA
Judges: "A license inspired by a song! Good work! A+++

Florida

KAK BAHHA

Nancy Remmington, Miami, FL
Judges: "Well, you should have thought about it before you retired there!" A+++

New Jersey

KAKA

Sasha Solokov, age 3, Newark, NJ
Judges: "Don't worry, Sasha. Someday you'll get out of diapers and maybe your parents will move." A+

Any State

TBOE ABTO


Eduard Aksyonov, "Crazy Eddie's Used Cars," New York, NY
Judges: "Eddie, it's a good thing you identified your business. We were about to turn you in as a car thief." A-

Brooklyn

HA MOCTY

Bernie Bush, Brooklyn, NY
Judges: "Just keep walking, Bernie. Keep walking! Don't look down! Look straight ahead! See the nice policeman coming?" A+

North Carolina

B 3OHE

Amber Deutch, Durham, NC
Judges: "Let us guess, Amber. You're a soccer or basketball player! And probably very good! You're also studying Russian! A

New York

HET MECTA


Viktor Yankovich, Brighton Beach, NY
Judges: "Well, okay, maybe in southern Long Island or the Big Apple, but if you go upstate there's lots of room." B+
NEW ENTRIES POSTED JANUARY 2004

District of Columbia

3AKOH

Alex Bord, Philadelphia, PA
Judges: "What's the saying about rules are meant to be...? Not in DC, of course!" A

Maine

C CEBEPA

Alex Bord, Philadelphia. PA
Judges: "We take it that this plate was spotted on the car of some retiree living out his/her days in Florida!" A

New Jersey

TPAKTOP


Alex Bord, Philadelphia, PA
Judges: "Living in Philadelphia, the other side of the river may seem like the Garden State, but for those living in NYC it's just Hoboken." A-

AnyState

PA3MEP 8

Bonnie Wheaton, Wheaton, IL
Judges: Bonnie writes us that this is her weight loss goal. A

AnyState

B MOPE

Bonnie Wheaton, Wheaton, IL
Judges: This is where Bonnie would rather be. Obviously once she's down to a size 8, she'll come out of the water. A-

AnyState

HA O3EPO


Bonnie Wheaton, Wheaton, IL
Judges: Another dream of Bonnie's, and since it suggests a motion verb, it's about the journey not its goal. A-

Minnesota

O3EPA

Denis Crnkovic, St. Peter, MN
Judges: "To be fair, this entry was sent by several people but only Denis had the follow-on. (See next entry.)" A

Minnesota

KOMAPbI
 

Denis Crnkovic, St. Peter, MN
Judges: To quote Denis: "Minnesota, Land of 10,000 breading grounds for mosquitoes... " To be sure, we're bending orthographic rules here, but what the hell! A++

Pennsylvania

TOBAPKA


Paul Schultz MD, St. Louis, MO
Judges: Don't run to your dictionaries. The good doctor has submitted a colloquial and obsolete word for "friend." Get it? "You've got an obsolete friend in Pennsylvania." A+

Rhode Island

TECHOTA

Paul Schultz MD, St. Louis, MO
Judges: Could work for a number of states. The fact it was submitted for Rhode Island makes it unique. Not much else you can say about the state. A+

Ambulance

TPABMA

Paul Schultz MD, St. Louis, MO
Judges: Okay, okay. It is good! Very good! A++

AnyState

CMO-3-TE


Paul Schultz MD, St. Louis, MO
Judges: We don't get it! SMO-Z-TE? Oh, that's the number 3!! We still don't get it. A+++

District of Columbia

CEHATOP

Paul Schultz MD, St. Louis, MO
Judges: Doesn't anyone else want to make some contributions?! This guy is taking away some good plates! A+

CCCP

HETPE3B

Paul Schultz MD, St. Louis, MO
Judges: The country may be different but the drivers are still the same.A+++

Alaska

HACMOPK


Cookie Callahan, Catonsville, MD
Judges: Someone finally broke the doctor's monopoly on our contest!! A snotty-nosed kid from Maryland! A++