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| 2005/9/9-11 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/China, Computer/Blog] UID:39591 Activity:low |
9/9 Most of you have probably seen this blog before (translations of
chinese tattos) but today's top post is pretty funny.
http://www.hanzismatter.com
\_ http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/essays/tattoos.htm
\_ This site has exactly the same layout as http://bustywebshots.blogspot.com.
Interesting.
Interesting. Are they related?
\_ Are you an idiot? They're both blogger templates. |
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| www.hanzismatter.com From reader Burak I: Dear Friend, My name is Burak and I saw your website by chance when surf ing. I have a Chinese tattoo too and I'm very curious what it means in r eal. As I know, it means "desire" or pronounced as Arzu which means de sire in Turkish. Sometime I feel bad for the ones gotten Chinese tattoos from phonetic tra nslations. I'm a westerner, and despite my trying to look up the top character on t he fake mustached guy, I couldn't find it and gave up." I am actually impressed by these two yahoos and their hanzi effort. Even though, they did it for Halloween, but the characters written on their a rms are much better than some of the tattoo photos I have been receiving . Many of t hem are in the category of: I know/seen someone that is Chinese/Japanese/Korean descend that has/had tattoo/shirt that has Hanzi/Kanji on them, therefore I would like to reemphasize that Hanzi Smatter is dedicated to the misus e of Chinese characters (hanzi or kanji) in Western culture. Having that said, certainly Asians would have Hanzi/Kanji tattoo on them, even though they are not popular in Asia. Especially considering it is their language, and a native Chinese/Japanese person would probably know Hanzi/Kanji better than any Westerner. The problem is NOT that people are getting characters tattooed on them; i t's that people who don't understand the characters are getting characte rs tattooed on them by other people who don't understand the characters. To those of us who do, it's a cause for mirth and head-shaking. Brendan) Another phenomenon I have encountered is: I have seen this character in a movie and it meant THIS, and your websit e says it meant THAT, therefore Well, just because Hollywood says that is so doesn't mean it's true. Thanks to a tattoo artist and fellow reader Devin, that question has been answered: A kanji is the cheapest thing that you can get at the tattoo parlor. For the most part they require no thought and are chosen on impulse right b efore getting tattooed. Most of the people who get these tattoos dont c are what it is; Anyone serious about doing nice Japanese style tattoos either A) dont ge t kanjis, or B) do some research first. are from people who should have never gotten ta ttooed period. The tattoo artists dont care what the kanji means because they dont car e what you put on your body, especially when you are getting the cheapes t tattoo in the shop. Most tattoo artists cant read Japanese so how do they know what that stuff says, all they know is that youre sure that t his is what you want on your body for the rest of your life. BMEZine (Body Modific ation Extreme Magazine) along with the following comment: "I wonder why you never see native Chinese or Japanese with character tat toos? Maybe these misguided Westerners should ask themselves this first. But many of them obviously don't have a strong enough interest in the c ultures to learn about them before putting a permanent mark of something they don't understand on their bodies." I do enjoy looking at some tattoos, even though majority of them are poorly done. Tattoos in Chinese (or Asi an) culture have negative meanings attached to them. Tattoo started in China thousands of years ago as punishment for criminal s Instead of modern day's local police to notify residents that a sex o ffender is moving into their neighborhood, the Chinese have tattooed the ir criminals on their faces with information such as name, crime committ ed, etc... Asian organized crime groups such as Japanese Yakusa and Chinese Triad, r equire their members to have large tattoo done to prove their loyalty. S ome Japanese businesses have signs posted to refuse service to anyone wi th such tattoos. I can categorize the people who gets Hanzi or Kanji tattoos in following groups: 1 "To Be Cool" These are mostly people that have very little knowledge of outside world, especially about the Far East. They got the tattoo because it was somet hing new to them, and they liked how Hanzi or Kanji looked, without full y understand what they meant. Therefore, they would borrow something for another culture and ide ntify themselves with the new one. They could careless what it said, but it makes them stand out from a crowd. Any att ention is better than no-attention, regardless if it is positive or nega tive. I have seen some companies that print tattoo templates with a horizontal bar on top of t he character to indicate "this way up". Obviously the tattooist thought the horizontal bar suppose to be there. |
| www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/essays/tattoos.htm Forums Chinese Tattoos Request : please don't link directly to the images on this page as that c osts me bandwidth without people even visiting my site. If you do copy the images it would be polite to put a link to this page as well - thanks, /\dam Chinese tattoos are extremely fashionable lately and this website gets i ts share of requests for characters. If you are interested in Chinese culture, you might want to conside r trying to learn Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese both use the same char acters). Tattoo article from London's Metro Newspaper Without wishing to belabour the point, this story does illustrate why you should take due care when choosing a Chinese tattoo. At the very least do the following: * Get a sketch or printout of the proposed design. This is not necessarily a problem but you need to be aware of it. If you are advised that yours is one of them then ask a Chinese person (preferably one who knows you) to give you a name. Check its meaning with other people and only keep it if you like it. For many people this would be the best option as you effectively get to choose a really cool name that actually means something! Just as in English, you can have writing that is cartoony, technical, modern, classical and more. As an analogy, consider an English person having "Killer" emblazoned on their arm, but in a ridiculously childish script that looked as if a primary school teacher had written it on a blackboard. Again, take the time to do some research and find someone good at calligraphy to write out your design. It would probably be worthwhile insisting the tattooist prove they are capable of reproducing the design too! forum on this site solely for translation requests and advice. The 18-year-old found out that he had been tricked when he saw the effec t it had on a woman serving at a Chinese take-away. The young w oman blushed and was very reluctant to translate for me. He added: 'I suspect the tattooist knew he was closing and just wanted t o get his own back for some reason. Now I am stuck with it but have to keep it covered u p' When he dared show off his arm at a nightclub, a group of Chinese girls came up - and burst out laughing. Even his friends have been finding it hard to keep straight faces. His employer, Gary Doyle, said: 'He's a bit sensitive about the tattoos - they look very trendy if you don't know what they really mean. Inset graphic from the article The tongue in cheek inset box was a rather nice touch I thought! |
| bustywebshots.blogspot.com This blog is devoted to the natural beauty of young voluptuous girls. If this is your first time at this blog - visit the "Archives" to the bot tom right and start with the month of May and work your way through our collection. Post your findings, comments, and links in the "comments" area in any of the following posts. Webshots does not support direct linking well so thi s is the work around. Copy the link above into your browser to visit her webshots gallery. If you l ike her body, put aside an hour to collect her pictures because they are scattered within almost a dozen albums that her and her friend created. She doesnt seem to always be (though she should) the center of attentio n thus there are many many pictures of boring people. Click on the thumb nails above to see their highres versions to get an idea of her picture quality. com/user/eno1612 I posted a link to Erica galleries around 2 months ago and in that time t here has been only one girl more popular (clicks on pictures, yahoo sear ching leading to this blog, email requests etc) on this blog. Erica and her round DD chest and brunette hair are legendary around the internet a nd her picture galleries showcase many years of her development. Webshots does not support direct linking well so thi s is the work around. Copy the link above into your browser to visit her webshots gallery. Thanks to spoonman for the quick updat e on her galleries! Webshots does not support direct linking well so thi s is the work around. Copy the link into your browser to visit her websh ots gallery. Webshots does not support direct linking well so thi s is the work around. Copy the link into your browser to visit her websh ots gallery. The link to the parewinkl galleries was posted on this blog a while back but there are plenty more new pictures and galleries to see. Browse thro ugh the galleries and make sure to click on the links to her friends gal leries on the left of webshots. Im sure there are more pictures worth vi ewing - her chest is growing! Webshots does not support direct linking well so thi s is the work around. Copy the link into your browser to visit her websh ots gallery. Three new albums posted this July with plenty of pictures. Webshots does not support direct linking well so thi s is the work around. Copy the link into your browser to visit her websh ots gallery. Also it seems she might be putting on some weight - shes slightly thicker then usual and in a few p ictures she almost looks pregnant. Webshots does not support direct linking well so thi s is the work around. Copy the link into your browser to visit her websh ots gallery. Another great find by a visitor of this blog - thanks for y our help! and other albums of her friends, few more pics here and there. Webshots does not support direct linking well so thi s is the work around. Copy the link into your browser to visit her websh ots gallery. More pictures of her that she just released in a set of new albums. Again , the drinking and sillyness can be seen, but her round chest is in many of the pictures. Get these while you can, for this girl is quite popula r and she may pull her pictures should she get too many weirdos trying t o email her or something. |