Tattoo insight
I always think it's dicey when a person gets a tattoo in a language of which they're not a native speaker.
Downtown, I see the occasional person with a Chinese character, or some Gaelic saying, written on their arm or back.
It'd be mighty embarrassing, if a misplaced accent mark or pen stroke completely changed the meaning of the word or phrase you had permanently inscribed upon your body:
"Yeah, my tattoo says 'Brave Like a King'."
"Umm -- actually... the tattoo artist missed a stroke here -- and made this one too curvy. So it actually says 'Poops Like a Carp'."
Doh.
--GG
2 Comments:
Indeed!
Met someone with the last name "Geier," which is German. She said her name meant "Eagle" or "bird of prey." Kind of. She wasn't very happy when I told her Geier = vulture.
LOL! :)
--GG
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