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When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
nHvXe
()
Date: February 23, 2015 12:21PM
did this just start in the last few years or something?
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
really?
()
Date: February 23, 2015 09:49PM
No
People from the People's Republic of MD have called it that for years.
;-)
People from the People's Republic of MD have called it that for years.
;-)
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
ffx steve
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Date: February 23, 2015 10:25PM
Its only been about 5 years. It started as a PG County hip-hop thing but now the local news reporters are using the term. Most of them are transplants so they probably have no idea that people who grew up in the area would never say DMV.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
niggga
()
Date: February 24, 2015 04:26PM
ffx steve Wrote:
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> Its only been about 5 years. It started as a PG
> County hip-hop thing but now the local news
> reporters are using the term. Most of them are
> transplants so they probably have no idea that
> people who grew up in the area would never say
> DMV.
2008 everytime I talked to my white friends they had no idea what I was talking about. But Now everyone says it all the time and not one time they said u started it
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> Its only been about 5 years. It started as a PG
> County hip-hop thing but now the local news
> reporters are using the term. Most of them are
> transplants so they probably have no idea that
> people who grew up in the area would never say
> DMV.
2008 everytime I talked to my white friends they had no idea what I was talking about. But Now everyone says it all the time and not one time they said u started it
Hillary Can Be BOUGHT & SOLD by Wall St., Foreign Donors- Would Electing Someone Who is Already a Billionaire (like Donald Trump)
Posted by:
WingNut
()
Date: February 24, 2015 04:30PM
Do ya call Atlanta the "ATL"?
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Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
TRUTHSPEAKS
()
Date: February 24, 2015 04:42PM
The only people who call this area "DMV" are people not from this area.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
Duhh
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Date: February 24, 2015 11:25PM
DMV to me stands for Dept. Of Motor Vehicles.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
cCDwF
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Date: February 24, 2015 11:29PM
people think it stands for DC Maryland and Virginia
but it is really from Delmarva
Delaware Maryland Virginia
but it is really from Delmarva
Delaware Maryland Virginia
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
cPYvK
()
Date: February 24, 2015 11:42PM
DMV -- in Virginia, it's the Division of Motor Vehicles
DMV -- in the District, it's the Division of Motor Vehicles
MVA -- in the People's Republic of Maryland, it's the Motor Vehicle Adminstration
And it's NATIONAL AIRPORT, damnit. No bloody R E A G A N. It's NATIONAL!!! Always has been, is, and always will be!!!!!
DMV -- in the District, it's the Division of Motor Vehicles
MVA -- in the People's Republic of Maryland, it's the Motor Vehicle Adminstration
And it's NATIONAL AIRPORT, damnit. No bloody R E A G A N. It's NATIONAL!!! Always has been, is, and always will be!!!!!
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
Merrifield
()
Date: February 24, 2015 11:49PM
cPYvK Wrote:
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> DMV -- in Virginia, it's the Division of Motor
> Vehicles
> DMV -- in the District, it's the Division of
> Motor Vehicles
> MVA -- in the People's Republic of Maryland, it's
> the Motor Vehicle Adminstration
>
> And it's NATIONAL AIRPORT, damnit. No bloody R E
> A G A N. It's NATIONAL!!! Always has been, is,
> and always will be!!!!!
^ This.
And it's still Springfield Mall.
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> DMV -- in Virginia, it's the Division of Motor
> Vehicles
> DMV -- in the District, it's the Division of
> Motor Vehicles
> MVA -- in the People's Republic of Maryland, it's
> the Motor Vehicle Adminstration
>
> And it's NATIONAL AIRPORT, damnit. No bloody R E
> A G A N. It's NATIONAL!!! Always has been, is,
> and always will be!!!!!
^ This.
And it's still Springfield Mall.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
Fuckwithmeyouknowigotit
()
Date: February 24, 2015 11:54PM
around 2010, it sounds cool
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
Merrifield
()
Date: February 24, 2015 11:56PM
Merrifield is still Merrifield.
Mosaic is the name they gave to cheaply constructed commercial exteriors that mimic the look of rundown 1920s factories.
Mosaic is the name they gave to cheaply constructed commercial exteriors that mimic the look of rundown 1920s factories.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
Jimmy Crackler
()
Date: February 25, 2015 12:26AM
I simply call it a shithole full of morons.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
Johnny Cakes Bishop
()
Date: February 25, 2015 01:18AM
Hey, donkey dicks, the Sports Junkies like to tell you that only the hurting pathetic WNEW calls this area the "Dee-Emm-Vee." It's a fiction promoted by false prophets from hell in the hurting radio business.
Otherwise, radio people are money metal bitches.
Borgata, Borgata, Borgata.
Mister Seven can bet your life out of all your problems, donk.
Otherwise, radio people are money metal bitches.
Borgata, Borgata, Borgata.
Mister Seven can bet your life out of all your problems, donk.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
eLDKc
()
Date: February 25, 2015 01:51AM
Johnny Cakes Bishop Wrote:
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> Hey, donkey dicks, the Sports Junkies like to tell
> you that only the hurting pathetic WNEW calls this
> area the "Dee-Emm-Vee." It's a fiction promoted
> by false prophets from hell in the hurting radio
> business.
>
> Otherwise, radio people are money metal bitches.
>
> Borgata, Borgata, Borgata.
>
> Mister Seven can bet your life out of all your
> problems, donk.
wtf?
there are 100 places with Delmarva in their name just travelling from here to oc
dmv has been around since the 60s and before
just because YOU just heard it does not mean it is new
and to the poster above, go to the MOM thread where the other men who obsess about other men on the radio hang out
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> Hey, donkey dicks, the Sports Junkies like to tell
> you that only the hurting pathetic WNEW calls this
> area the "Dee-Emm-Vee." It's a fiction promoted
> by false prophets from hell in the hurting radio
> business.
>
> Otherwise, radio people are money metal bitches.
>
> Borgata, Borgata, Borgata.
>
> Mister Seven can bet your life out of all your
> problems, donk.
wtf?
there are 100 places with Delmarva in their name just travelling from here to oc
dmv has been around since the 60s and before
just because YOU just heard it does not mean it is new
and to the poster above, go to the MOM thread where the other men who obsess about other men on the radio hang out
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
Well, yes
()
Date: February 25, 2015 05:04AM
WingNut Wrote:
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> Do ya call Atlanta the "ATL"?
>
> src=http://images.uncyc.org/commons/a/af/Wigger_di
> agram_4.JPG>
ATL is the code for the Atlanta airport, so, yes.
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> Do ya call Atlanta the "ATL"?
>
> src=http://images.uncyc.org/commons/a/af/Wigger_di
> agram_4.JPG>
ATL is the code for the Atlanta airport, so, yes.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
Stuff it
()
Date: February 25, 2015 05:52PM
Well, yes Wrote:
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> ATL is the code for the Atlanta airport, so, yes.
Guess we can start calling Chicago "The ORD" then, and Orlando "The MCO". And we can tell all our friends that we live in "The IAD". That wouldn't be stupid at all.
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> ATL is the code for the Atlanta airport, so, yes.
Guess we can start calling Chicago "The ORD" then, and Orlando "The MCO". And we can tell all our friends that we live in "The IAD". That wouldn't be stupid at all.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
DMV
()
Date: February 25, 2015 06:07PM
I always thought it meant the entire tri-state area of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. Delmarva is preferable since it avoids confusion with Department of Motor Vehicles. Sometimes they say the "Delmarva peninsula" to refer just to the part on the east side of the bay.
Speaking of that government office, Virginia and Delaware call it the DMV, but in Maryland it is called the MVA. So there is no "M"?
Speaking of that government office, Virginia and Delaware call it the DMV, but in Maryland it is called the MVA. So there is no "M"?
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
Facts...
()
Date: February 25, 2015 10:08PM
ffx steve Wrote:
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> Its only been about 5 years. It started as a PG
> County hip-hop thing but now the local news
> reporters are using the term. Most of them are
> transplants so they probably have no idea that
> people who grew up in the area would never say
> DMV.
That's correct...DC Rapper 20 Bello gets credit for creating the term. Wale & Grind Time DMV Rap Battles took the term nationwide.
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> Its only been about 5 years. It started as a PG
> County hip-hop thing but now the local news
> reporters are using the term. Most of them are
> transplants so they probably have no idea that
> people who grew up in the area would never say
> DMV.
That's correct...DC Rapper 20 Bello gets credit for creating the term. Wale & Grind Time DMV Rap Battles took the term nationwide.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
gink
()
Date: February 25, 2015 10:23PM
DMV Wrote:
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> Speaking of that government office, Virginia and
> Delaware call it the DMV, but in Maryland it is
> called the MVA. So there is no "M"?
Their acronym stands for motor vehicle administration.
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> Speaking of that government office, Virginia and
> Delaware call it the DMV, but in Maryland it is
> called the MVA. So there is no "M"?
Their acronym stands for motor vehicle administration.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
DMV Observers.
()
Date: February 25, 2015 10:34PM
And its Annanadale, not Little Saigon!
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
e4NhK
()
Date: February 26, 2015 01:13AM
Facts... Wrote:
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> ffx steve Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Its only been about 5 years. It started as a PG
> > County hip-hop thing but now the local news
> > reporters are using the term. Most of them are
> > transplants so they probably have no idea that
> > people who grew up in the area would never say
> > DMV.
>
> That's correct...DC Rapper 20 Bello gets credit
> for creating the term. Wale & Grind Time DMV Rap
> Battles took the term nationwide.
bullshit
we know you are fucking stupid and you must be 12 to think a rapper started a term that has been around since before the 60s and 70s
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> ffx steve Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Its only been about 5 years. It started as a PG
> > County hip-hop thing but now the local news
> > reporters are using the term. Most of them are
> > transplants so they probably have no idea that
> > people who grew up in the area would never say
> > DMV.
>
> That's correct...DC Rapper 20 Bello gets credit
> for creating the term. Wale & Grind Time DMV Rap
> Battles took the term nationwide.
bullshit
we know you are fucking stupid and you must be 12 to think a rapper started a term that has been around since before the 60s and 70s
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
Matter of fact
()
Date: February 26, 2015 10:13AM
Facts... Wrote:
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> That's correct...DC Rapper 20 Bello gets credit
> for creating the term. Wale & Grind Time DMV Rap
> Battles took the term nationwide.
Tiny numbers of people pay any attention to the dying genre of rap music at all. There are more people who eat fried pickles.
When WTOP-TV (channel 9) was forced by the FCC to change its call letters, they went to WDVM-TV. That other nonsense is a dumbass hipster affectation that has no history and no future here. It's just a way to say, "Hey, look at me! I'm a stupid shit!"
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> That's correct...DC Rapper 20 Bello gets credit
> for creating the term. Wale & Grind Time DMV Rap
> Battles took the term nationwide.
Tiny numbers of people pay any attention to the dying genre of rap music at all. There are more people who eat fried pickles.
When WTOP-TV (channel 9) was forced by the FCC to change its call letters, they went to WDVM-TV. That other nonsense is a dumbass hipster affectation that has no history and no future here. It's just a way to say, "Hey, look at me! I'm a stupid shit!"
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
Eden Center Is Pho Lovers
()
Date: February 26, 2015 10:53AM
DMV Observers. Wrote:
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> And its Annanadale, not Little Saigon!
Like all communities along a line between the Pentagon and IAD, Annandale does have a Vietnamese presence, but it is far more prominently Korean. Vietnamese arriving in NoVa after the war settled most notably in Clarendon, giving us the era of Queen Bee. Then taxes began moving it all further out and eventually to Falls Church, which became a hub of the Vietnamese community here with the opening of Eden Center.
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> And its Annanadale, not Little Saigon!
Like all communities along a line between the Pentagon and IAD, Annandale does have a Vietnamese presence, but it is far more prominently Korean. Vietnamese arriving in NoVa after the war settled most notably in Clarendon, giving us the era of Queen Bee. Then taxes began moving it all further out and eventually to Falls Church, which became a hub of the Vietnamese community here with the opening of Eden Center.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
True D.C. Area Native -
()
Date: February 26, 2015 01:47PM
Merrifield Wrote:
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> cPYvK Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > DMV -- in Virginia, it's the Division of Motor
> > Vehicles
> > DMV -- in the District, it's the Division of
> > Motor Vehicles
> > MVA -- in the People's Republic of Maryland,
> it's
> > the Motor Vehicle Adminstration
> >
> > And it's NATIONAL AIRPORT, damnit. No bloody R
> E
> > A G A N. It's NATIONAL!!! Always has been, is,
> > and always will be!!!!!
>
>
> ^ This.
>
> And it's still Springfield Mall.
Don't forget about The Cabin John Bridge, and The Shirley Hi-Way.
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> cPYvK Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > DMV -- in Virginia, it's the Division of Motor
> > Vehicles
> > DMV -- in the District, it's the Division of
> > Motor Vehicles
> > MVA -- in the People's Republic of Maryland,
> it's
> > the Motor Vehicle Adminstration
> >
> > And it's NATIONAL AIRPORT, damnit. No bloody R
> E
> > A G A N. It's NATIONAL!!! Always has been, is,
> > and always will be!!!!!
>
>
> ^ This.
>
> And it's still Springfield Mall.
Don't forget about The Cabin John Bridge, and The Shirley Hi-Way.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
Mr. History teacher
()
Date: October 07, 2015 08:39PM
In the DC Metro Area, it is slang term for the DC metro area. It is a term that has been recognized as far back as 2004 when local R&B and Hip Hop stations "WKYS 93.9" and "WPGC 95.5" started advertising themselves as radio stations that play the biggest hits in the DC area. As the time has passed by (and thanks to Wale), it has become a widely known term for the DC metro area. There have been local international calling cards that also bore the name "DMV" as far back as 2000, but never were able to popularize the name for the DC metro area like the way the radio stations did. It is not a popular term in the actual "DMV" area as many people prefer to represent their areas of DC which are: PG, NoVA, Route 1/The Highway (Richmond Highway portion), Chirilagua/Arlandria, South Arlington, and many smaller communities.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
- dA rEaL fArTiAn -
()
Date: October 07, 2015 09:07PM
Matter of fact Wrote:
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> Facts... Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > That's correct...DC Rapper 20 Bello gets credit
> > for creating the term. Wale & Grind Time DMV
> Rap
> > Battles took the term nationwide.
>
> Tiny numbers of people pay any attention to the
> dying genre of rap music at all. There are more
> people who eat fried pickles.
>
> When WTOP-TV (channel 9) was forced by the FCC to
> change its call letters, they went to WDVM-TV.
> That other nonsense is a dumbass hipster
> affectation that has no history and no future
> here. It's just a way to say, "Hey, look at me!
> I'm a stupid shit!"
Really? Another stupid FFXU post. Rap music these days is awesome. So many people like all the selections from it, including me!
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> Facts... Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > That's correct...DC Rapper 20 Bello gets credit
> > for creating the term. Wale & Grind Time DMV
> Rap
> > Battles took the term nationwide.
>
> Tiny numbers of people pay any attention to the
> dying genre of rap music at all. There are more
> people who eat fried pickles.
>
> When WTOP-TV (channel 9) was forced by the FCC to
> change its call letters, they went to WDVM-TV.
> That other nonsense is a dumbass hipster
> affectation that has no history and no future
> here. It's just a way to say, "Hey, look at me!
> I'm a stupid shit!"
Really? Another stupid FFXU post. Rap music these days is awesome. So many people like all the selections from it, including me!
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
Historian
()
Date: October 08, 2015 07:23AM
It happened when douchebags started coming out of the closet.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
Say what
()
Date: October 08, 2015 08:11AM
- dA rEaL fArTiAn - Wrote:
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> Matter of fact Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Facts... Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > That's correct...DC Rapper 20 Bello gets
> credit
> > > for creating the term. Wale & Grind Time DMV
> > Rap
> > > Battles took the term nationwide.
> >
> > Tiny numbers of people pay any attention to the
> > dying genre of rap music at all. There are
> more
> > people who eat fried pickles.
> >
> > When WTOP-TV (channel 9) was forced by the FCC
> to
> > change its call letters, they went to WDVM-TV.
> > That other nonsense is a dumbass hipster
> > affectation that has no history and no future
> > here. It's just a way to say, "Hey, look at me!
>
> > I'm a stupid shit!"
>
> Really? Another stupid FFXU post. Rap music these
> days is awesome. So many people like all the
> selections from it, including me!
"Rap music" ...... hahahahahahahahahahahaha!
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> Matter of fact Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Facts... Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > That's correct...DC Rapper 20 Bello gets
> credit
> > > for creating the term. Wale & Grind Time DMV
> > Rap
> > > Battles took the term nationwide.
> >
> > Tiny numbers of people pay any attention to the
> > dying genre of rap music at all. There are
> more
> > people who eat fried pickles.
> >
> > When WTOP-TV (channel 9) was forced by the FCC
> to
> > change its call letters, they went to WDVM-TV.
> > That other nonsense is a dumbass hipster
> > affectation that has no history and no future
> > here. It's just a way to say, "Hey, look at me!
>
> > I'm a stupid shit!"
>
> Really? Another stupid FFXU post. Rap music these
> days is awesome. So many people like all the
> selections from it, including me!
"Rap music" ...... hahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
Update Your Terms
()
Date: October 08, 2015 11:07AM
The DMV thing is used by chic hipsters, and hip hop artists. DMV is the modern way to refer to the area around D.C.
It will take a little more time - it is correct term to use now.
It will take a little more time - it is correct term to use now.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
wrongwrongwrong
()
Date: October 08, 2015 11:21AM
Lived here for 30 years. Have never heard anyone use the term "DMV" except in reference to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
more wrong
()
Date: October 08, 2015 11:33AM
Surprised no one has mentioned NoVa. I've heard people in the Tidewater area call this area NoVa.
It'll always be the name for the community college that tries to go by NVCC.
It'll always be the name for the community college that tries to go by NVCC.
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
Bill.N.
()
Date: October 08, 2015 12:08PM
Update Your Terms Wrote:
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> The DMV thing is used by chic hipsters, and hip
> hop artists. DMV is the modern way to refer to the
> area around D.C.
You left out pathetic middle age men trying to stay relevant with chic hipsters and hip hop artists. Fortunately many younger people make as much fun of DMV as us oldsters do, so its life may be limited.
If you think about it, DMV is a crappy acronym; and this is not simply because it already refers to the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. Does it include Baltimore or Richmond or Tidewater or SW VA, areas which are not part of the DC Metro area? How about the eastern areas of West Virginia which are arguably becoming part of the DC Metro area? Also what genius decided to set the order from lowest in population and geographic area to largest?
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> The DMV thing is used by chic hipsters, and hip
> hop artists. DMV is the modern way to refer to the
> area around D.C.
You left out pathetic middle age men trying to stay relevant with chic hipsters and hip hop artists. Fortunately many younger people make as much fun of DMV as us oldsters do, so its life may be limited.
If you think about it, DMV is a crappy acronym; and this is not simply because it already refers to the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. Does it include Baltimore or Richmond or Tidewater or SW VA, areas which are not part of the DC Metro area? How about the eastern areas of West Virginia which are arguably becoming part of the DC Metro area? Also what genius decided to set the order from lowest in population and geographic area to largest?
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
tvcCv
()
Date: October 09, 2015 02:07AM
> wtf?
>
> there are 100 places with Delmarva in their name
> just travelling from here to oc
>
> dmv has been around since the 60s and before
>
> just because YOU just heard it does not mean it is
> new
Deleware Maryland Virginia
/thread
>
> there are 100 places with Delmarva in their name
> just travelling from here to oc
>
> dmv has been around since the 60s and before
>
> just because YOU just heard it does not mean it is
> new
Deleware Maryland Virginia
/thread
Re: When did people start calling this area the DMV?
Posted by:
NFMPp
()
Date: October 09, 2015 01:13PM
I first saW IT ON ffxu......