Bad language

By infmom, January 26, 2010 1:09 pm
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I”ve already talked about people who get Asian characters they don’t understand inked on themselves.  It appears that Asian languages are not alone.

Thanks to Tales of a Wayward Classicist for this lovely discussion of bad Latin tattoos.

It seems there’s no end to the stuff people don’t know they’re putting on their skin.  :)

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5 Responses to “Bad language”

  1. J. HarkerNo Gravatar says:

    Thanks for the link! Glad to be of amusement. I’ll certainly have to take a peek around!

  2. infmomNo Gravatar says:

    Thanks for being so gracious about my using your great post as an inspiration for mine. :)

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  4. MarkNo Gravatar says:

    There is some amusing discussion of Latin tattoos gone wrong at a Latin translation site called Classical Turns: see the link from this page: http://www.classicalturns.com/Latin-Tattoos%281893959%29.htm . You do wonder who comes up with these translations!

    ==MR==

  5. infmomNo Gravatar says:

    Thanks for that link! It’s amazing what people think they want to have on their skin forever, isn’t it?

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