Tattoo Revue #120

The latest issue of Tattoo Revue magazine had a small piece about Hanzi Smatter titled "You Know Who You Are":

"For anyone still clinging to the notion that you can simply combine two or more Kanji or Hanzi characters to create English phrases, go to this site immediately! Hanzi Smatter, is dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters in Western culture and includes the actual translation of many hilarious inaccurate tattoos. Hopefully after checking out some of the more horrific skin tragedies on theis site (how would you like to spend the rest of your life with "Crazy Diarrhea" tattooed on your lower back?) you will begin to appreciate how complex these languages are and how extremely nuanced the characters themselves are. Or you can wear that "My Abusive Husband Pimps Me Out" tattoo on your forearm like you own it."

I would like to thank Tattoo Revue magazine and its staff for the article.

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