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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3 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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