Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, I always thought that about the Americans with Chinese character tats too. Chances are, the Spanish guy in Luis' picture reads English well enough to know what Hope and Love mean. English is a required class in most European countries and many Asian countries too. Very few Americans can read Chinese. Most of our school systems do not require foreign language classes, and those students who take other languages usually study Spanish (because its widely used here by Mexican immigrants) or another European language like French or German. I can read Spanish pretty well and Russian less well. My best friend can read Chinese, he took it in college because Asian cultures interest him. He has "I am Alone" tattooed on his wrist in Chinese, and he drew the characters himself for the tattooist who did the tat. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-486-2581 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 7/12/11 11:38 PM, "Jim Shulman" <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote: > Although I wonder when someone gets a tattoo in a language they don't > understand. > About ten years or so ago it was rather cool to get tattoos in Chinese > characters; I assumed that most would translate into something along the > lines of "American shmuck". > > J > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of > Chris Crawford > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:36 PM > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Love Hope > > Its interesting to me how many people in non-English speaking countries > will > get tattoos in English instead of their own languages. I wonder if someday > we'll see major national languages like Castillian (Spanish), German, and > Dutch disappear in favor of English the same way that, for example, > Aragonese and Galician are disappearing in favor of Castillian in Spain. >