thesonicguy
October 2nd, 2007, 06:41 PM
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State raises stink about Udinkhttp://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/070927/nc_licenseplatebanned_070927.300w.jpg
Oregon DMV deems family’s last name offensive, bans vanity license plates
AP-Updated: 11:06 a.m. PT Sept 27, 2007
MERLIN, Ore. - The state of Oregon has ordered a family to turn in the vanity license plates on its cars because their Dutch last name, which is written on the plates, is similar to an offensive word.
The plates, UDINK1 UDINK2 and UDINK3 are on the vehicles of Mike and Shelly Udink and their son Kalei. Two of the plates are five and seven years old. One was issued last year.
Last summer, Kawika Udink's application for UDINK4 was rejected and the state ordered that the other three plates be returned.
"DINK has several derogatory meanings," Yvonne Bell, who sits on the Department of Motor Vehicles panel that approves vanity plates, told the Daily Courier newspaper.
DMV spokesman David House and Bell said the word can be treated as a verb, which gives it a sexual reference, and also can be a racial slur targeted at the Vietnamese.
House said the "U" in the front could be construed as "You."
The DMV denies requests for any combination of letters and numbers that may be viewed as objectionable, in any language, by use of phonetic, numeric or reverse spelling, or when viewed as a mirror image, or that would alarm or offend a reasonable person.
Intimate body parts or sexual or bodily functions are taboo, as are offensive references to race, color, gender, ethnic heritage, or national origin or to alcohol or drugs or paraphernalia.
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UDINK HOME PAGE (http://www.udink.org/)
UDINK Channel (http://youtube.com/udink)
News Story (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20966693/)
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State raises stink about Udinkhttp://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/070927/nc_licenseplatebanned_070927.300w.jpg
Oregon DMV deems family’s last name offensive, bans vanity license plates
AP-Updated: 11:06 a.m. PT Sept 27, 2007
MERLIN, Ore. - The state of Oregon has ordered a family to turn in the vanity license plates on its cars because their Dutch last name, which is written on the plates, is similar to an offensive word.
The plates, UDINK1 UDINK2 and UDINK3 are on the vehicles of Mike and Shelly Udink and their son Kalei. Two of the plates are five and seven years old. One was issued last year.
Last summer, Kawika Udink's application for UDINK4 was rejected and the state ordered that the other three plates be returned.
"DINK has several derogatory meanings," Yvonne Bell, who sits on the Department of Motor Vehicles panel that approves vanity plates, told the Daily Courier newspaper.
DMV spokesman David House and Bell said the word can be treated as a verb, which gives it a sexual reference, and also can be a racial slur targeted at the Vietnamese.
House said the "U" in the front could be construed as "You."
The DMV denies requests for any combination of letters and numbers that may be viewed as objectionable, in any language, by use of phonetic, numeric or reverse spelling, or when viewed as a mirror image, or that would alarm or offend a reasonable person.
Intimate body parts or sexual or bodily functions are taboo, as are offensive references to race, color, gender, ethnic heritage, or national origin or to alcohol or drugs or paraphernalia.
Links: Watch the video! (http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&brand=msnbc&tab=m5&rf=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20966693/&fg=&from=00&vid=b779fc61-7169-408b-87e5-e19fe7231a03&playlist=videoByTag:mk:us:vs:0:tag:News_Editors%20Picks:ns:MSNVideo_Top_Cat:ps:1 0:sd:-1:ind:1:ff:8A)
UDINK HOME PAGE (http://www.udink.org/)
UDINK Channel (http://youtube.com/udink)
News Story (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20966693/)
Special Thanks to KOBI NBC5