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If this sounds like a Seinfeld episode, that's because it was.
A Canadian license plate review committee has rejected a man�s
request to personalize his license plate with his real name:
�Assman,� because it could be misread and cause offense,
according to a report.
Dave Assman, who lives in the Canadian province Saskatchewan,
said he�s had his request denied before and doubts whether it�ll
ever be granted.
Tyler McMurchy, a spokesman for the SGI, which reviews
personalized license plate requests, said the committee must
abide by a set of guidelines regardless if a word �is someone�s
name and pronounced differently than the offensive version.�
�[T]hat�s not something that would be apparent to other
motorists who will wee the plate,� McMurchy said.
But the rejection hasn�t deterred Assman from changing his name,
which he said is derived from German and pronounced �Oss-men,�
CBC reported.
�It�s my last name, I�ve always had it,� he said. �I�m not
ashamed of it. There�s nothing bad about it.�
https://www.foxnews.com/world/canadian-review-committee-rejects- assman-license-plate-report
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