Show me your TATs

[ferretchucker]

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

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!!

[Fearonsarms]

A mate of mine got a symbol tattoo on his wrist-its similar to @-but it means absolutely nothing in any language or to him. He just liked the look of it. He also has a rat on his leg.

Weirdest tattoo-a young woman I used to know who had tweety bird on her thigh-I always rooted for sylvester the cat myself.

[Ferox13]

Heres a pic with none of my tattoos showing :) :

[HarleyQuinn]

I'm not posting a pic. I'm new, and we just met. :D

But, I do have one. It's a sword that goes down the full length of my spine.

[The Villain]

Originally Posted by HarleyQuinn

I'm not posting a pic. I'm new, and we just met. :D

But, I do have one. It's a sword that goes down the full length of my spine.

Awesome. Did that hurt?

[ChronoGrl]

Just got my first tattoo!!

I'm ridiculously pleased with it - The artist is really talented - I love what he did. I'm getting it colored in next month. Can't wait.

[Elvis_Christ]

Awesome stuff Chrono! Looks great.

[Ferox13]

That Tat looks really nice, Chrono. Glad to see you went big for your first one :-)

[hammerfan]

Very nice, Chrono!! I like it!

[The Villain]

Looks good Chrono