Wordplay

Post by **Ondergard** » Thu May 21, 2009 12:22 am

The Minor I have just bought - although not picked up yet - has a number plate which (sort of) suggests a Shakespearian name.

I thought of the idea of putting a calligraphic Shakespearian quote around either the boot lid or the bonnet. Proper, calligraphic, hand-painted lettering. The thing is, what paint should I use, and is here any way to seal it so it doesn't rub off when polishing the car or something worse? Can you seal writing like that onto the car in some way?

Post by **bmcecosse** » Thu May 21, 2009 12:26 am

Use an airbrush with cellulose - and then spray clear lacquer on top when it has all dried in thoroughly.

Post by **Ondergard** » Thu May 21, 2009 12:31 am

bmcecosse wrote:Use an airbrush with cellulose - and then spray clear lacquer on top when it has all dried in thoroughly.

Can't use an airbrush for calligraphy - it would have to be hand-painted, "built" letters, which you just can't do with an airbrush.

Post by **pfgiz** » Thu May 21, 2009 6:48 am

Can't you use your Calligraphy on a piece of card, carefully cut around it to make a stencil and then use BMC's idea with celly and lacquer?

The cutting out would be fiddly but the end result would be stunning and hard wearing.

Post by **RogerRust** » Thu May 21, 2009 7:29 am

Or make your design and have it cut in Vinyl.

That's what I did with names for my boats and personalising Bev's Ital.

Oh dear, I've never admitted owning an Ital before!

Post by **mike.perry** » Thu May 21, 2009 3:06 pm

Never mind, I once owned a Maxi

Post by **katiekat** » Fri May 22, 2009 9:39 pm

Alan, you should have said and I would have had a try. Is it Puck?

Post by **katiekat** » Fri May 22, 2009 9:44 pm

Alan, do you mean: Stone, P. W. K.: Title: The Textual History of King Lear?

Post by **ASL642** » Fri May 22, 2009 9:51 pm

.... we two alone will sing like birds in a cage.... across the boot!

Post by **katiekat** » Fri May 22, 2009 10:26 pm

regaliaqueen wrote:.... we two alone will sing like birds in a cage.... across the boot!

Is that Shakespeare? It's been years since I did Twelfth Night etc.?

Post by **ASL642** » Fri May 22, 2009 10:58 pm

King Lear.

Post by **Ondergard** » Sat May 23, 2009 10:21 am

Katie's right - it was Puck: in Welsh (my second language) "W" is a vowel, and pronounced like the double-O in "book" or "look".

The quote is: "I'll put a girdle round about the earth in forty minutes."

"Put a girdle" in this case means, effectively, he'll circle the earth in forty minutes.

Post by **ASL642** » Sat May 23, 2009 12:10 pm

Don't think he'd be driving a Morris Minor to encircle the earth unless it was rocket powered!

Post by **les** » Sat May 23, 2009 10:19 pm

Ok, go on, someone throw in some latin. Lets get it over with!

Post by **LouiseM** » Sat May 23, 2009 10:36 pm

Cogito Ergo Sum

Post by **les** » Sun May 24, 2009 12:49 pm

Glad to hear it! Some folk don't!

Post by **MarkyB** » Sun May 24, 2009 2:45 pm

"Si hoc comprehendere potes, gratias age magistro Latinae."

Post by **Dru** » Sun May 24, 2009 2:59 pm

O tempora, o Morris?

Post by **Ondergard** » Sun May 24, 2009 6:40 pm

O tempora, o Morris is a brilliant pun!

Isn't it "O tempora, O mores" really? Quote from Virgil is it?

Post by **Dru** » Sun May 24, 2009 7:30 pm

(cribs from Oxford Dictionary of Quotations) Cicero, apparently. In Catilinam