大麻 is Simplified Chinese for “Cannabis Sativa”, also known as “marijuana”, “pot”, “chronic”, “weed”, “grass”, “ganja”, “420”, “blunt” (not James Blunt), “dope”, “reefer”, “mary jane” or “mj”, “cheeba”.
Senin, 11 September 2006
Pothead
Tuur has sent in this photo of a fellow concert attendee from Leuven, Belgium several weeks ago.
大麻 is Simplified Chinese for “Cannabis Sativa”, also known as “marijuana”, “pot”, “chronic”, “weed”, “grass”, “ganja”, “420”, “blunt” (not James Blunt), “dope”, “reefer”, “mary jane” or “mj”, “cheeba”.
大麻 is Simplified Chinese for “Cannabis Sativa”, also known as “marijuana”, “pot”, “chronic”, “weed”, “grass”, “ganja”, “420”, “blunt” (not James Blunt), “dope”, “reefer”, “mary jane” or “mj”, “cheeba”.
Kamis, 31 Agustus 2006
Gibberish Asian Font Mystery Solved
Alan Siegrist, a professional Japanese-English translator, member of both Japan Association of Translators (JAT) and American Translators Association (ATA), has finally solved the mystery of gibberish “Asian Font”.
With Alan’s help, I have compiled this following chart:
Obviously the characters themselves might be correct and have meanings in both Chinese and Japanese.
However, the characters have nothing to do with the English alphabet, yet many tattoo shops consider this template as a valid translation tool, and using it to translate English names and words into Chinese and Japanese.
Alan has also mentioned:
We have also found an actual website that is still currently selling this gibberish "Asian font" along with some other designs for $64.99.
With Alan’s help, I have compiled this following chart:
Obviously the characters themselves might be correct and have meanings in both Chinese and Japanese.
However, the characters have nothing to do with the English alphabet, yet many tattoo shops consider this template as a valid translation tool, and using it to translate English names and words into Chinese and Japanese.
Alan has also mentioned:
"There are no equivalents for the letters V and W. 充 This looks like the right side of 流, but 充 is the closest full character I can find. 戈 This looks like the radical in the top-right of 武. 辶 This looks like the radical in the bottom-left of 道. * The character for "Y" is a mystery, looking something like 米米産 as one character.
If you look carefully, you will note a pattern of where the partial radicals come from:
安(C) = 宀(D) + 女(A)
武(G) = 戈(I) + 止(H)
道(N) = 辶(O) + 首(P)
流(R) = 氵(T) + 充(S) "
We have also found an actual website that is still currently selling this gibberish "Asian font" along with some other designs for $64.99.
Selasa, 29 Agustus 2006
"Jason"
http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A60828/high/bmepb336135.jpg
This photo was submitted to BMEzine.com's gallery in August 28th accompanied with the following caption:
"lettering that was suppose to say Jason"
(by Doc, A & B Productions, Brown City, Michigan)
Another sucker of the downloadable gibberish “Asian font”.
Sabtu, 26 Agustus 2006
"Lame"
Reader Robert found this photo posted in one of Lostcherry.com’s pages and would like to know what the phrase meant.
http://www.lostcherry.com/viewimage.php?u=163773&albumid=0&i=1420980233
The top character 太 means “very, too, much; big; extreme”, and the bottom one 屁 means “break wind; fart; buttocks”.
In Chinese slang, especially in internet lingo, 太屁 means “lame” or "pathetic".
Update: August 27, 2006 - According to the original website, the tattoo is supposed to be "fat ass".
If that is true, the top character should be 大, not 太.
http://www.lostcherry.com/viewimage.php?u=163773&albumid=0&i=1420980233
The top character 太 means “very, too, much; big; extreme”, and the bottom one 屁 means “break wind; fart; buttocks”.
In Chinese slang, especially in internet lingo, 太屁 means “lame” or "pathetic".
Update: August 27, 2006 - According to the original website, the tattoo is supposed to be "fat ass".
If that is true, the top character should be 大, not 太.
Jumat, 25 Agustus 2006
Short Sleeved Tee at Guess
I saw this shirt in Guess' store window today.
When I asked the sales lady what the Japanese on the shirt meant, she replied "that is CHINESE" but still did not know what they meant.
When I asked the sales lady what the Japanese on the shirt meant, she replied "that is CHINESE" but still did not know what they meant.
Rabu, 23 Agustus 2006
Lucky?
I saw this photo in someone's MySpace page. He has since then closed his MySpace account, but the photo is still available at photopile.com.
http://www.photopile.com/photos/LORDCHINO/Tattoos/243692.jpg
I assume the last character is 幸, which means "fortunate" or "lucky".
Notice his username "Lord Chino"? I am unsure about if he is referring to
1. Trousers made from coarse twilled cotton fabric
2. Spanish word for Chinese
http://www.photopile.com/photos/LORDCHINO/Tattoos/243692.jpg
I assume the last character is 幸, which means "fortunate" or "lucky".
Notice his username "Lord Chino"? I am unsure about if he is referring to
1. Trousers made from coarse twilled cotton fabric
2. Spanish word for Chinese
Selasa, 08 Agustus 2006
Jon Stewart Made Fun of Condoleezza Rice's Tattoo
I caught a glimpse of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tonight, where he made fun of Condoleezza Rice's Chinese character tattoo.
Videos: 4.12 MB Divx, 2.39 MB Windows Media, and mirror
This is after the Daily Show aired a clip showing Condoleezza Rice tried to use a Chinese phrase 危機 to describe American's war in Iraq (or terrorism in general?) during a news conference in August 6, 2006.
By the way, the term Condoleezza Rice used does not actually mean "danger+opportunity=crisis". My good friend Mark Swofford at Pinyin.info has posted an essay by Victor H. Mair on this misperception.
The character 猪 on Condoleezza's shoulder means "pig".
Update: August 9, 2006 - After receiving two emails from readers that felt the need to share their inside knowledge about The Daily Show with everyone, I just want to point out for those who hasn’t already know, The Daily Show is produced by Comedy Central, and it is a satirical television program.
The show is hosted by “the most trusted name in fake news” Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, also known as Jon Stewart.
Another headline from the Gullible Readers’ Digest: Is Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Bruno, and Sacha Baron Cohen the same person?
Say it ain’t so!
Videos: 4.12 MB Divx, 2.39 MB Windows Media, and mirror
This is after the Daily Show aired a clip showing Condoleezza Rice tried to use a Chinese phrase 危機 to describe American's war in Iraq (or terrorism in general?) during a news conference in August 6, 2006.
By the way, the term Condoleezza Rice used does not actually mean "danger+opportunity=crisis". My good friend Mark Swofford at Pinyin.info has posted an essay by Victor H. Mair on this misperception.
The character 猪 on Condoleezza's shoulder means "pig".
Update: August 9, 2006 - After receiving two emails from readers that felt the need to share their inside knowledge about The Daily Show with everyone, I just want to point out for those who hasn’t already know, The Daily Show is produced by Comedy Central, and it is a satirical television program.
The show is hosted by “the most trusted name in fake news” Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, also known as Jon Stewart.
Another headline from the Gullible Readers’ Digest: Is Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Bruno, and Sacha Baron Cohen the same person?
Say it ain’t so!
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