chi_chi1548286 wrote:
Paul wrote:
pipsqueeek wrote:
Tattoos- They're all right if they're relatively small and well thought over, a couple months at least. And no names. I don't think I'd ever get one, but I do rather like some such as some sort of swirlyish design or chinese symbol on the ankle or shoulder or such.
I don't get the deal with Chinese characters. Sure, it is nice and mystical to have something than means love or friendship or something on your ankle, but to any Chinese person it just looks like people are butchering their language.
How many Chinese symbol tattoos have errors in them? I bet it makes people fluent in Mandarin either frown or smile in amusement.
I think having the Chinese characters are cool. My ex had four Chinese symboles done on his arm, and I totally forget was they were.
But me, I have "Trust No One" written in Kanji on my right forearm...and I work in a workplace were there are many different races coming in and out, and it's mostly the Oriental's that ask me if I know what my tattoo means, and when I tell them, they say that I'm right, but in their words, it means "Never Trust One". So, if you do your research well when wanting to get another language tattooed on you, you definatly won't look like a fool, lol.
I suppose, but you did say mention that Asian people said it really meant "Never Trust One", and that definitely means something different from "Trust No One". Not trusting digits is a bit iffy, if you ask me.
When I meant, errors, I didn't mean a misunderstanding of meaning, just the way it looks. The tattoo artist might get the symbol slightly wrong, and part of the symbol is the wrong length, or at a wrong angle. It'd just look silly, but still recognisable. Hence; butchering.