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Topic: Why do British people call number plates license plates?

Anonymous A started this discussion 14 years ago #21,529

Guess it's fun to ruin your own language and surrender to them yank ways.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #342,224

What's a number plate

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 20 minutes later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #342,227

We do? I've never met anybody over here who says license plates. Everybody days number plates.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 39 seconds later, 23 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #342,228

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
I saw it on the beeb.

Anonymous B replied with this 14 years ago, 3 minutes later, 26 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #342,229

@342,227 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
fuck off

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 14 years ago, 9 minutes later, 36 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #342,233

@previous (B)
no

@342,228 (A)
Well if it was on BBC then it's true. You win the thread, OP.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 8 minutes later, 44 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #342,235

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
But I lost once I posted this.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 20 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #342,236

Nah, everyone says number plate.

dw !jdTkvovFCQ joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 25 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #342,238

because they have letters

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 46 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #342,240

Both are used.

I say license plate, but it's not uncommon to hear number plate.

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #342,249

It's the other way around, mora.

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #342,254

In the UK the plate is always with the car dispite who the owner is or if you're selling it. In America it changes depending on whom the driver is making it a license.
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