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Originally Posted by ChronoGrl
I was a classics major for a good part of college... For a while considered getting a phrase written in Greek from The Odyssey... I've since lost interest, but it was something very meaningful at the time... After spending a year in China I also considered a few phrases in Chinese, but it didn't materialize (mostly since Asian conji tattoos are so popular).
Anyway - When I see someone with a symbol or writing on them, my gut reaction is that they are just being trendy and have no idea what it means... But then I think, "Who am I to judge?" It must have meant something to them at sometime, even if it means nothing to anyone else. ;)
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By the way... I'm scheduled to get the outline of my FIRST TATTOO on Tuesday.:D
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And that's exactly what I mean by the relevance. Having studied/lived within these cultures, having a message in that language gives you the double hit of reminding you of your connection to it and whatever the message means.
The one that got me the most was a friend who at 14 got his brother to tattoo a supposedly mandarin symbol for "determination" on his thigh. He selected it by looking through a book of symbols before he finally settled on that...later on a teacher who spoke Mandarin assured us it was not in that language...he still hasn't found out which language it's from :D
But you MUST show us your tattoo when you get it!!