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'WTF' plate on N.C. DMV Web site

RALEIGH, N.C. (UPI) -- The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles says it did not realize a sample license plate on its Web site bore letters that stand for a vulgar phrase.

State officials offered free replacement license plates in 2007 to nearly 10,000 people whose plates bore the letter combination "WTF," which is common text messaging shorthand for a phrase that includes a four-letter profanity beginning with the letter "F," The (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer reported Tuesday.

However, the DMV discovered this week that a plate bearing the letters appears on its Web site as an example of a personalized plate.

"I can't believe it," DMV Commissioner Bill Gore said. "Obviously, I didn't know it was there."

Officials said Monday the image should be replaced on the Web site within the next day.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 06/25/2008

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06-27-2008 18:46

bobbyr54 wrote:

NC license plate

For all those who took offense of these letters on a license plate, because they stand for some filthy text message words on cell phones have dirty filthy minds and should themselves go to jail, especially those who are using cell phones like this. You certainly don't hold to Christian ideals.