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The Following User Says 'Aye' to Profane James For This Useful Post:
I found the site very interesting, and a warning!
I was thinking of putting the name of my boat (Blue Moon) on her in the Gaelic as well as the Arabic and English that's already there.
Though I could ask my brother as he's a fluent native speaker while I don't know a word!
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give"
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
The Following User Says 'Aye' to The Q For This Useful Post:
In the show "Big Bang Theory" Sheldon has occasion to see Penny's tattoo and asks her,
"Why do you have the Chinese character for "soup" on your hip?"
I once knew a beautiful tall blond goddess who decided she wanted a Chinese charter tattooed on her shoulder. The one she chose has a primary meaning of sperm. She thought it meant something entirely different.
Careful what you chose if it's not in you native language. I can deal with Chinese, and know how to use a Chinese dictionary, but even so, I don't think I'd want a tattoo in that language -- and certainly not in Gaelic. I have enough of a time trying to explain the US Army patch tattooed on my right shoulder.
The Following User Says 'Aye' to Benning Boy For This Useful Post:
I have an '85 FJ60 LandCruiser with tan paint and mostly blacked out chrome.
I've often thought the Afrika Korps had a very cool logo with the palm tree but I don't care for nazis or swastisikas so in keeping with the Japanese blood of the truck I took the swastika out of the middle of the palm tree and inserted Japanese characters for "Noodle Soup." Haven't got it made up yet but it'll go on the doors. Unless I can find some equally cool all-Japanese logo that say something off the wall. Humor being the object of the exercise, of course, an intentional mis-translation if you will.
I have a Welsh tattoo that says Hireath. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiraeth) I made very certain of the meaning before the ink came out. I had him put the letters too close together though and you can't read it now. I'm thinking about covering up the word with thistle leaves then running a thistle blossom up either side of the dragon, then putting the 'Hireath' in an arch over the top.
Slàinte mhath!
Freep is not a slave to fashion.
Aut pax, aut bellum.
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