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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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1. infmom says:

   June 2, 2010 at 10:04 am

   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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2. Mark says:

   June 2, 2010 at 7:39 am

   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!

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   January 27, 2010 at 3:53 am

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4. infmom says:

   January 26, 2010 at 4:17 pm

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

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5. J. Harker says:

   January 26, 2010 at 3:15 pm

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

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