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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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 Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:07 am Post subject: Hanzi Smatter - misused Chinese in western culture |
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This site is sort of the opposite of Engrish.com. It's run by a Chinese-American who catalogs nonsensical Chinese characters appearing as "trendy Asian style" in western culture.
http://www.hanzismatter.com/
Enjoy!
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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It was hard to find anything too silly on that site- a lot of poor penmanship and made-up symbols it seems, but I liked this one:
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Besides the fact the characters are poorly written, the true meaning of the tattoo may not be as what the owner intended.
Ѩ (air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit), � (stop, halt, desist; detain), ˬ (peaceful, quiet; happy, healthy), could be interpreted as ��ease of gas retention��. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm about to go to the link now, and I expect to see lots of pictures of women's lower back tattoos... |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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WTF?
That guy is a RACE TRAITOR!
He's dissing Feng Shui!!!!
That's like being Black and admitting that you're good in math and can't play basketball!!!
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:45 am Post subject: |
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| Bulsajo wrote: |
| I'm about to go to the link now, and I expect to see lots of pictures of women's lower back tattoos... |
That reminds me of this one.
From the page:
"Wow. It almost seems like this is the biggest cliche female tattoo I've seen. It's a lower back tattoo, it's got a dragon, tribal, random water splashes, roses, AND kanji! That is some sort of record."
Indeed.
Especially when 不敢當 (dare not to accept) is one of the most common courtesy phrases used in Chinese. This is equivalent of getting a tattoo that says "Thank You, Come Again" in English.
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 3:38 am Post subject: |
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| Qinella wrote: |
Especially when ������ (dare not to accept) is one of the most common courtesy phrases used in Chinese. This is equivalent of getting a tattoo that says "Thank You, Come Again" in English.
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ELL OH ELL! |
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