June 21, 2006
BCEHAXEP - ONTARIO, CANADA

Russians are coming!
Photo courtesy Patrick Munits.
Filed by Andrei at 8:18 pm under Canada, Ontario

Russians are coming!
Photo courtesy Patrick Munits.
Filed by Andrei at 8:18 pm under Canada, Ontario
Yeah, I saw this car 10 June 2007 on Queen str, near Simpson Community Centre…
You ever see the back of that car?
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/3734/n48907621311908135530ei4.jpg
Hmmm…
Yep, I’ve already submitted this plate to Ministry of Transportation as offensive. I’ve received a letter that this plate is recalled.
How is it offensive? I don’t get it
Hello Janet, the trick here is that the same characters in Latin and Cyrillic alphabets have different meanings and do sound different.
BCEHAXEP - if written as three Russian words - BCE HA XEP - literally means - ALL SCREW OFF - pretty innocent in my opinion, but somebody has found it offensive. I personally think it was funny and really made the plate an outstanding one. That’s why I have it included into my collection.