Thursday, September 22, 2005

"Derek"



is the Chinese phonetic translation of "Derek" and its variants "Dereck" or "Derrick". Too bad the middle character is upside down.

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5 comments:

  1. I think she wanted kitchen scales inked. Cause that is what it look likes. ;-) Honestly how difficult would it have been to get a second opinion? There are so many books and websites out there in the world for people to use.

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  2. I swear, upside-down is more hilarious than backwards!

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  3. I'm expecting that upside-down backwards character to appear any day now!

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  4. Lots of Chinese characters are displaced upside down for purposes (of wordplay) that it brings whatever is upside down. But in this case...that ain't it.

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  5. upside down and inside... would that be some sort of wordplay? i don't think so.

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