Metafilter license plate?

August 20, 2008 9:46 AM

Oh, hi, Ohioans. It's Mefi! (Or, does a super-dedicated mefite travel on 480?)

I was driving to work this morning when I noticed the car in front of me had a license plate that said "ITSMEFI." (Apology for the lack of photos, but as I said, I was driving to work and there simply wasn't enough room in my schedule for either a collision or stalking.) Ohio vanity plates do allow for spacing, so I'm not really sure if the plate does mean "It's Mefi," or perhaps "It's Me, Fi" or something else entirely. So what's the story?

posted by ferociouskitty to MetaFilter-related at 9:46 AM (22 comments total)

Google "itsmefi"... Looks to me like there's someone who goes by that user name on blackplanet.com and lives in Euclid, Ohio. Too bad, it would be neat if it were a dedicated Mefite.
posted by amro at 9:50 AM on August 20, 2008

Dollars to donuts it's this lady.
posted by jessamyn at 9:50 AM on August 20, 2008

(audio alert on that last link.)
posted by Dave Faris at 9:57 AM on August 20, 2008

PLTFBNZ
posted by blue_beetle at 10:28 AM on August 20, 2008

Black Planet...wow. Welcome to 1999!
posted by cashman at 11:20 AM on August 20, 2008

Yep, although her hair was different, that photo definitely looks like the driver.

Maybe we should invite her to join here. She'd certainly become a super-dedicated mefite once she met us, right?
posted by ferociouskitty at 1:26 PM on August 20, 2008

She might have a little trouble when everyone tells her she's pronouncing her name wrong.
posted by team lowkey at 1:40 PM on August 20, 2008 [2 favorites]

As I scrolled down her page, I saw the hit counter and suddenly felt really bad. What if she gets email from Black Planet - "Hey, itsmefi, 200 people visited your profile today!" and thinks to herself that surely, with 200 hits, this time it will work out and someone's going to come along that wants to garden with her, and go to comedy shows, and hang out with her and the three kids. And then, it's just...metatalk. Except she won't know that, and will just wonder what it is about her profile that makes people not want to say hello.
posted by donnagirl at 4:17 PM on August 20, 2008 [1 favorite]

The Real MeFi Vanity Plate [semi-via]
posted by Rhaomi at 6:49 PM on August 20, 2008 [1 favorite]

Why don't you just Ask MeFi?

Semper MeFi
posted by lukemeister at 8:39 PM on August 20, 2008

stupid Oregon only allows 6 letters instead of 7. I always wanted to get MTAFLTR or something like that, but nothing works with just 6. Simply having MEFI is kind of boring.
posted by mathowie at 12:47 AM on August 21, 2008

I feel like I should re-mention my plates here: ASKME
posted by jessamyn at 7:00 AM on August 21, 2008

If I ever get a car: MEHFIE.
posted by cortex at 7:35 AM on August 21, 2008 [1 favorite]

I thought you said MEFFY?
posted by jessamyn at 7:48 AM on August 21, 2008

I don't trust anybody else's phonetic renderings anymore. I have no idea if (a) you remember how I say and are trying to spell it like it sounds and I just deplore your rendering or (b) you remember how I say it and are trying to spell it like you know I don't think it sounds or (c) whatever the heck.

I think the IPA would be /mɛ fai/ or maybe /mɛ fɐi/. It's like if you were to say "Meh! I do not like that! Fie!" but without that middle part, and the emphasis on the first syllable.
posted by cortex at 8:15 AM on August 21, 2008

I can't read your wacky jargon and I can't remember how you speak.

Meffy rhymes with Jeffy and to me MEHFIE rhymes with "eh, pie." Which do you say again?
posted by jessamyn at 9:17 AM on August 21, 2008

Pie. The answer is always pie.
posted by cortex at 9:32 AM on August 21, 2008

It's MEE-fie. Everyone else is wrong, wrong, wrong.
posted by amro at 9:47 AM on August 21, 2008 [5 favorites]

jessamyn,

An article in Slate today about US-Russia conflicts over separatist movements around the world begins with Greenland and Nagorno-Karabakh and moves on to Vermont.
posted by lukemeister at 11:54 AM on August 21, 2008

Meffy rhymes with Jeffy and to me MEHFIE rhymes with "eh, pie."

Flagged as "super-informative", but unfortunately, amro gets it right.
posted by grateful at 12:37 PM on August 21, 2008

It's all about the meef.
posted by lukemeister at 12:49 PM on August 21, 2008

Jesus, I hate 480. I'm glad I can avoid all that crap now that I work downtown and can ride my bike.
posted by sciurus at 3:31 PM on August 21, 2008