Board 8 > Dialect question: The word for the registration stickers on your car...

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Paratroopa1
01/17/20 10:28:45 PM
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What do you call the stickers that you put on your car to prove that your vehicle registration is up to date?




I used to think this was a universal concept at least in the US, but now I've found out that it may be a regional dialect thing, so I want to do some science. If you care to share your country/state that'd be neat too.
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NBIceman
01/17/20 10:30:23 PM
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I, and everyone else I know in Texas, call them registration stickers.

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Shaduln
01/17/20 10:31:40 PM
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I never knew there was another word to use other than tabs.

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NFUN
01/17/20 10:31:43 PM
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NJ, "sticker" with some implied gesticulating about where it is
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Paratroopa1
01/17/20 10:32:30 PM
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Shaduln posted...
I never knew there was another word to use other than tabs.
I KNEW that you were going to say this because I'm in exactly the same boat - but it turns out that Washington state MIGHT BE THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THIS IS TRUE and my mind is blown
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Paratroopa1
01/17/20 10:33:36 PM
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To be clear, where I'm from (Seattle area), the word is ALWAYS "tabs", and everyone knows exactly what that means, and there is no other word for it

I always assumed that this would be the case everywhere but today I got into a discussion where my assumptions were strongly challenged
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X_Dante_X
01/17/20 10:38:11 PM
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it's tags here

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Colegreen_c12
01/17/20 10:44:27 PM
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Assuming your talking about the thing you put on your license plate...

I don't think i've ever heard anyone ever refer to them at all, I would use sticker if i had to describe them. More accurately I would likely say sticker on the license plate

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Paratroopa1
01/17/20 10:45:18 PM
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Colegreen_c12 posted...
Assuming your talking about the thing you put on your license plate...

I don't think i've ever heard anyone ever refer to them at all, I would use sticker if i had to describe them. More accurately I would likely say sticker on the license plate
Yes, although I was vague with my wording because in some places they go on your windshield, not your license plate (such as New York)
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NFUN
01/17/20 10:46:36 PM
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Paratroopa1 posted...

Yes, although I was vague with my wording because in some places they go on your windshield, not your license plate (such as New York)

and jersey
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Colegreen_c12
01/17/20 10:46:37 PM
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Paratroopa1 posted...
Yes, although I was vague with my wording because in some places they go on your windshield, not your license plate (such as New York)

Then yea, I don't think this has ever come up in conversation. So not really sure why there would be a special word for it in the first place.

Maybe something to do with living in a place where everyone has a car?

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MoogleKupo141
01/17/20 10:50:06 PM
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I think we just call them stickers here in Chicago
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Drakeryn
01/17/20 10:50:51 PM
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Colegreen_c12 posted...
Assuming your talking about the thing you put on your license plate...

I don't think i've ever heard anyone ever refer to them at all, I would use sticker if i had to describe them. More accurately I would likely say sticker on the license plate

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StealThisSheen
01/17/20 10:51:44 PM
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I've lived in Ohio, Kentucky, and Nevada, and they've been "registration stickers," or usually just "stickers" when the context is obvious, all three places.

Though I have occasionally heard somebody say "tags," even if it was uncommon.

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01/17/20 10:51:44 PM
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I've always called them registration stickers.

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MZero11
01/17/20 10:51:57 PM
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Born and raised in Arizona. I've only ever heard them called tags

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NFUN
01/17/20 10:52:51 PM
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Now that I think about it, I think I have heard them called tabs once. I had no idea what the other person was referring to. Take that as you will
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HaRRicH
01/17/20 10:53:05 PM
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I've never heard tabs and usually hear tags...sometimes stickers.

Is this where the phrase "keeping tabs on you" comes from?

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Dragon66116
01/17/20 10:53:42 PM
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Most people here (Michigan) call them tabs

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Paratroopa1
01/17/20 10:57:26 PM
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Dragon66116 posted...
Most people here (Michigan) call them tabs
you are the first person I've talked to outside of washington who has said this! interesting

Interested in where the "tag" people are coming from
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Nelson_Mandela
01/17/20 11:00:35 PM
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Registration stickers and they go on your windshield (NY)

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X_Dante_X
01/17/20 11:12:59 PM
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the south

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Eerieka
01/17/20 11:24:17 PM
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Spokane, WA. They're ALWAYS tabs

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Paratroopa1
01/17/20 11:29:14 PM
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Eerieka posted...
Spokane, WA. They're ALWAYS tabs
Nice, an eastern washington data point. I figured it was probably state-wide
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MetalmindStats
01/17/20 11:39:03 PM
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Colegreen_c12 posted...
Assuming your talking about the thing you put on your license plate...

I don't think i've ever heard anyone ever refer to them at all, I would use sticker if i had to describe them. More accurately I would likely say sticker on the license plate
This, speaking from SoCal.

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turbopuns3
01/17/20 11:41:45 PM
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Never heard anything other than "tags"
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Underleveled
01/17/20 11:42:51 PM
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NBIceman posted...
I, and everyone else I know in Massachusetts, call them registration stickers.


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KCF0107
01/17/20 11:51:31 PM
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Lived in Ohio all my life. I can't say that this subject has been brought up in conversations much, but car tags is definitely the most common term for them in my experience.
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Reg
01/17/20 11:56:40 PM
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NBIceman posted...
I, and everyone else I know in Texas, call them registration stickers.
Really? Because I hear tags a fair bit often than I hear stickers (Though I do hear both) and I've lived in the DFW area my entire life.

(Also I would totally buy that "tabs" is just some dumbass mishearing/not being able to pronounce "tags" and it caught on in that one very specific part of the country, fwiw)
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Paratroopa1
01/18/20 12:05:13 AM
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Reg posted...
Really? Because I hear tags a fair bit often than I hear stickers (Though I do hear both) and I've lived in the DFW area my entire life.

(Also I would totally buy that "tabs" is just some dumbass mishearing/not being able to pronounce "tags" and it caught on in that one very specific part of the country, fwiw)
Don't think so, if it is then it's been that way for at least my entire life.

Just so we're clear, "tabs" is not slang or a colloquialism, the Washington department of licensing calls them tabs over and over here:

https://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistration/renewyourtabs.html
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X_Dante_X
01/18/20 12:24:57 AM
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Paratroopa1 posted...


Just so we're clear, "tabs" is not slang or a colloquialism, the Washington department of licensing calls them tabs over and over here:

https://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistration/renewyourtabs.html

and here's the online tag renewal for hamilton county!

https://secure.tncountyclerk.com/index.php?countylist=33

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Vengeful_KBM
01/18/20 12:25:28 AM
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Shaduln posted...
I never knew there was another word to use other than tabs.

Yeah, this - this topic is fascinating.
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Paratroopa1
01/18/20 12:29:14 AM
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I would have included an option for "tags" if I knew about it btw, but this is my first time hearing that term so I didn't know
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LeonhartFour
01/18/20 12:29:28 AM
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Maniac64
01/18/20 12:34:03 AM
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Registration sticker in Iowa and Tag in Georgia

Never heard tab

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Hbthebattle
01/18/20 12:39:30 AM
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From SoCal, they've generally been called "license plate stickers"
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Zachnorn
01/18/20 12:42:20 AM
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California. Tags or registration stickers.

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swirIdude
01/18/20 12:52:48 AM
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Florida, tags or stickers

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HanOfTheNekos
01/18/20 12:54:24 AM
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turbopuns3 posted...
Never heard anything other than "tags"


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MrSmartGuy
01/18/20 1:25:51 AM
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Kansas calls them tags.

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WazzupGenius00
01/18/20 1:28:42 AM
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Tags, occasionally stickers

Northwest Ohio

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MariaTaylor
01/18/20 1:39:02 AM
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NFUN posted...
"sticker" with some implied gesticulating about where it is

this. and I've lived in multiple states.

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SantaRPidgey
01/18/20 2:21:20 AM
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Tabs, and Ive only owned a car in Washington

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ffmasterjose
01/18/20 2:52:12 AM
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Tags. From Michigan over here.
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ChichiriMuyo
01/18/20 3:55:52 AM
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X_Dante_X posted...
it's tags here


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MikeTavish
01/18/20 4:00:17 AM
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We call them stickers in Ontario.

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tennisboy213
01/18/20 11:09:59 AM
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Minnesota. Tabs.
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Hannyabal
01/18/20 12:26:01 PM
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Stickers or tags (North Carolina / Georgia)
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IfGodCouldDie
01/18/20 12:39:21 PM
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NBIceman posted...
I, and everyone else I know in Alberta, call them registration stickers.


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ChaosTonyV4
01/18/20 12:47:18 PM
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Sticker or tags

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