Elizabeth  2d ago
DNSISNT SFIRT
Show threadSnoopJ2d ago
@Elizafox @Daveography reminds me of the classic "msmsptth mthrf" tattoo
Show threadlinksradikaler kampfläufer1d ago
@SnoopJ @Elizafox @Daveography a latin professor at uni once showed us this. vspph, vphdph, vphcph, as julius cesar famously said
Show threadSobtanian1d ago

@kaffeehaeferl @SnoopJ @Elizafox @Daveography @Illuminatus

Slightly related: we see this in Arabic all the time. It mostly comes from the fact that the people making the tattoos can read the Arabic alphabet but don’t understand what it means, or how to join the letters.

The worst offenders are Arabic letters not joined up and written left to right 😅

Show threadAri [APz] Sovijärvi1d ago
@Sobtanian A Nordic favorite is also when letters like ä, ö, å are used in place of similarly looting letters to make it more cool.
Show threadTuukka R

@apzpins @Sobtanian

How about the clothes' label "Napapijri"? It is the Finnish word for Arctic Circle, with one letter swapped for another for no good reason.
And then it has the flag of Norway.

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Show threadAri [APz] Sovijärvi15h ago
@Tuuktuuk It seems to be a Swiss company doing Nordic weeaboo. No surprise they just smashed everything Nordic together and it was as authentic to their customer base as the tattoos in Kanji that say absurd things.
Show threadSobtanian14h ago
@Tuuktuuk @apzpins cultural appropriation.