tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919350949272858772.post3007488398698162863..comments2024-02-21T02:19:19.666-07:00Comments on hanzismatter.blogspot.com: "Freedom Fighter"tianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696711693095229683noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919350949272858772.post-77556774899434136592006-01-19T13:34:00.000-07:002006-01-19T13:34:00.000-07:00*Snicker*Do these recruiters ever comment when you...*Snicker*<br><br>Do these recruiters ever comment when you tell them what the characters actually mean, if they mean anything at all?<br><br>At least this one somewhat resembles actually calligraphy - in a weird sort of way.THMhttp://thehorsesmouth.blog-city.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919350949272858772.post-16937513539226113332006-01-19T13:39:16.820-07:002006-01-19T13:39:16.820-07:00Most of the recruiting officers just laugh about i...Most of the recruiting officers just laugh about it, since these tattoos belong to someone else.tianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14696711693095229683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919350949272858772.post-1993552080743328952006-01-19T13:54:00.000-07:002006-01-19T13:54:00.000-07:00Actually, if you play connect-the-dots with those ...Actually, if you play connect-the-dots with those zits, it <i>does</i> spell "自由戰士"Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919350949272858772.post-75576664972953188932006-01-19T19:26:00.000-07:002006-01-19T19:26:00.000-07:00This one is almost a lovely sort of poetry: "...This one is almost a lovely sort of poetry: "He thus buried" to mean "freedom fighter". <br><br>It almost seems like a deliberate miscommunication on the part of some cynical Chinese speaker a generation ago to a naive guy who wanted a tattoo...<br><br>Hmm.Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633401326479781405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919350949272858772.post-54658122888061237702006-01-20T00:19:00.000-07:002006-01-20T00:19:00.000-07:00That's some mighty fine bacne he's sportin...That's some mighty fine bacne he's sporting.gaijin_bikerhttp://www.ridingsun.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919350949272858772.post-20758937932782261652006-01-20T20:40:00.000-07:002006-01-20T20:40:00.000-07:00I think the last word is not 埋, but 娌, which means...I think the last word is not 埋, but 娌, which means "wives of brothers".Skywalkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919350949272858772.post-60125317057533485502006-01-23T00:45:00.000-07:002006-01-23T00:45:00.000-07:00O yes, bad kanji tattoos are one of the most sadis...O yes, bad kanji tattoos are one of the most sadisticly funny things for us who can read them. heheheShayhttp://www.sparkplugged.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919350949272858772.post-61574638218678768932006-01-25T03:31:00.000-07:002006-01-25T03:31:00.000-07:00Are you sure the recruiter wasn't wanting to k...Are you sure the recruiter wasn't wanting to know what it said because he was concerned, and had procedural grounds for doing so? <br><br>If he was just a "recuriter" and not someone at an induction center or boot camp, I am thinking he would have no reason to have seen that part of the recruits body, and hence may have pointedly asked the recruit if he has any tatoos.<br><br>Some countries, even somethat have military conscription, have limits or prohibitions on tatoos.<br><br>If an American soldier with a tatoo in Arabic came to me claiming it said "Freedom Fighter," I as a recruiter would want to make sure it didn't say "F'king Arabs."oranckayhttp://blog.oranckay.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919350949272858772.post-37881450041009531072006-01-28T20:38:00.000-07:002006-01-28T20:38:00.000-07:00the first kanji means "other",the second...the first kanji means "other",<br><br>the second one means "this" but can also mean "to cut off, to break off by cutting"<br><br>but well, the last one means little but "brother's wife".<br><br>the tattoo artist might have been thinking something like "saving others (by cutting?) brothers wives"=freedom fighter.<br><br>or maybe he was just fucknig around.Marcusnoreply@blogger.com