"Child Offering God"

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NBA Body Art - Tale of My Chinese Tattoo

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Asian Font Gibberish 2

http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A60225/high/bmepb232672.jpg

In November of 2005, I posted about a racist in Finland tattooed himself with “SANO EI LAKUPEKOILLE”, which is the English equivalent of “say no to niggers”. Instead of just using plain Finnish, the racist idiot got it done in “Asian font” and resulted in complete gibberish.

Today this untitled photo was posted in BMEzine.com’s Kanji tattoo gallery. The similarities in both tattoos have led me to believe there are more idiots out there sharing “Asian font”.

"Half Angel Hell"

http://www.artofink.ch/galerie.html

Reader Henning sent this photo to me.

I could only positively identify two of them, 仙 (fairy, immortal) and 地 (earth, ground), out of the five characters.

If the tattoo was supposed to be 半天仙地府, it could be loosely translated as “half angel hell”.

Perhaps the tattoo’s owner is a Constantine fan.

Mirrored Freedom

Elena has emailed me these two photos being displayed in a tattoo parlor in Spain. Obviously no one at the shop has realized the photos are shown mirrored.

Let’s hope these are just photograph errors and the actual tattoos were done correctly.

自由 "Freedom"


http://flickr.com/photos/girlinblack/102253072/


I don't know what 喬瓦尼 is, but it could be someone's name.


http://flickr.com/photos/girlinblack/102253054/

Mr. Green Thumb

http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A60211/high/bmepb219252.jpg

The best translation attempt I can come up with for 土識芸力 is "earth knowledge talent power" or "soil expert". The third character 芸 in Chinese also means “ruta graveolens”, a type of herb used to keep insects away.

I am not sure if “Mr. Green Thumb” got the tattoo because his agricultural abilities or he thought they are the translation of “Jesus”.

FYI, “Jesus” in Chinese is 耶穌 and イエス in Japanese.

Band Camp Girl's Happiness

(thanks to Vince and Ari for the tip and photo)

During a recent interview with American Pie/Wedding Band Camp girl Alyson Hannigan by New York Times' Page Six, it was revealed that Hannigan was unsure about her Japanese “happiness” tattoo.

Q: What does the tattoo on your back say?
A: It's the Japanese symbol for happiness.

Q: Are you sure that's what it is?
A: No, I'm not. I did research it beforehand, and I saw it in two different books, but you never know. In fact, a Japanese woman today asked me if she could see it, and I was a little afraid. I'm like, "Hmmmm - no."

Q: So there's a chance it says something like, "I am a monkey."
A: Yes. "Look how full of sh*t it is that I have this tattoo on."

Luckily for Hannigan, her tattoo 幸 is actually written correctly. Although the calligraphy could use some touch-up and 幸 could also mean "luck(ily), favor, fortunately, wish".

This which reminded me a quote by Vince Vaughn in Wedding Crashers:

"Tattoo on the lower back? Might as well be a bullseye."