Tattoo's? anyone

[bandito]

I've got a few on each arm, with a bit of space left for a few more. I've also got one on my back and another on my chest. I have a mix of styles, but my preference is Sailor Jerry type stuff

 

[UKRob]

I've the kids names in Chinese tattoos. Funny thing happened, I investigated heavily before I had mine done, I even paid for a translation. I went into the Tattoo place, showed him what I wanted. The Tatto artist took one look and said it doesn't say that, I have my own guy I use that does this for me. He had no real knowledge himself. He said well ok but it's not my fault if it's wrong.

A Short time later I went to the opticians for my annual check. The young Chinese Optician noticed them. She asked to have a look and said these are very good, wait a minute, "Samuel" & Lily-May" which is spot on. She then went on to explain that which I knew, the Lily-May translates direct and very easy to translate. Samuel though has no direct translation, one character turns the others in to a phonetic sounds making it Samuel. Now at the time Both weren't even registered with the optician.

What I don't understand is why a guy who lives on the south coast of England would have his children's names tatto'd in a language that only his optician can understand. Not trying to be controversial, but what is it with symbolism that we don't understand - including the Celtic marks? Is it just a case of trying to be different but ending up exactly the same as our peers?

 

[Rowlers]

For me it is simply that Chinese, Japanese etc are much prettier to look at

 

[Northam Saint]

What I don't understand is why a guy who lives on the south coast of England would have his children's names tatto'd in a language that only his optician can understand. Not trying to be controversial, but what is it with symbolism that we don't understand - including the Celtic marks? Is it just a case of trying to be different but ending up exactly the same as our peers?

Understand what you mean.

For me it's the look, rather than some of the lettering styles which can, in some cases look a little boring. I do also have a script with SWMBO's name. I don't have Celtic ones but again you are right that do have meaning. I have a polynesian style band but I have an understanding of that the symbols meanings are.

 

[UKRob]

Understand what you mean.

For me it's the look, rather than some of the lettering styles which can, in some cases look a little boring. I do also have a script with SWMBO's name. I don't have Celtic ones but again you are right that do have meaning. I have a polynesian style band but I have an understanding of that the symbols meanings are.

What may have caused the confusion between you and the tattooist is because Chinese characters or logograms can have different sounds depending on which Chinese dialect you speak to. For example, we see the symbol 2 and pronounce it two, whereas to a French speaker it is deux or zwei in German. So asking someone who speaks Cantonese to translate a name that does not mean anything literally, may end up with a different symbol to someone who speaks Mandarin.

 

[ManicDee]

Well I got another tattoo for the collection.
A big Treble Clef music symbol On my forearm,
with these words by Plato.
"Music gives a
Soul to the Universe,
Wings to the mind,
Flight to the Imagination
and Life to everything."

In the coming months I hope to add multiple watermark style colours around it with musical notes but we will see.

 

[Rowlers]

Well I got another tattoo for the collection.
A big Treble Clef music symbol On my forearm,
with these words by Plato.
"Music gives a
Soul to the Universe,
Wings to the mind,
Flight to the Imagination
and Life to everything."

In the coming months I hope to add multiple watermark style colours around it with musical notes but we will see.

That looks like very good work, the script is very clean, the shading looks very good too...

 

[Rowlers]

An example of what can happen:

 

[halvor]

For me it is simply that Chinese, Japanese etc are much prettier to look at

Is the lady of the house either of those origins? If not, better keep that preference to yourself