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ISSUE 1/2004  >  Effective Learning: Know How Vanity Plates By Kevin McCaughey, EL Fellow (US Embassy in Moscow) in Vladivostok, Russia Cars in America often have "Vanity Plates" or personalized license plates. The car owners have created messages which can be decoded. They are like little word puzzles. For example: JOY2U is "Joy to you!" SK8R is "Skater" (someone who likes skating) Professions Can you figure out the car owner's profession by decoding the meaning of these license plates? License plate License plate decoded Car owner's profession 2THDR 4CASTR YRUFAT YRUILL IOPER8 RKATEK Mixed Messages And here are some mixed messages. Can you figure out what they mean? (The first ones are easy, but they get more difficult as they go.) License plate Decoded message HOWRU 14GOT GRUMPP EZ2LUV DOIOU2 MTBRAIN 2CUTE4U IBDAMAN 10SNE1 By Kevin McCaughey, EL Fellow (US Embassy in Moscow) in Vladivostok, Russia To subscribe to "English Teachers in Russia and Elsewhere," a free bi-weekly e-journal of English activities, send a blank email to EtsinRussia-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Visit Kevin at www.kevinmccaughey.com. Cars in America often have "Vanity Plates" or personalized license plates. The car owners have created messages which can be decoded. They are like little word puzzles. For example: JOY2U is "Joy to you!" SK8R is "Skater" (someone who likes skating) Professions Can you figure out the car owner's profession by decoding the meaning of these license plates? License plate License plate decoded Car owner's profession 2THDR 4CASTR YRUFAT YRUILL IOPER8 RKATEK Mixed Messages And here are some mixed messages. Can you figure out what they mean? (The first ones are easy, but they get more difficult as they go.) License plate Decoded message HOWRU 14GOT GRUMPP EZ2LUV DOIOU2 MTBRAIN 2CUTE4U IBDAMAN 10SNE1 To subscribe to "English Teachers in Russia and Elsewhere," a free bi-weekly e-journal of English activities, send a blank email to EtsinRussia-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Visit Kevin at www.kevinmccaughey.com.

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