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Per the title, what does this tattoo say?
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2026
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Neat, I support this effort big time.
I was so paranoid when I got my memorial tattoo done.. it’s in Latin, and my Latin is not awesome.. I did weeks of research and was very confident I had it right, so I had my prof take a look and somehow I did indeed get it right, yay!
I was paranoid because my first tattoo was supposed to say one thing in Japanese, had the right character on the stencil and everything, and the artist fucked it up figuring I wouldn’t notice, and it’s not a word at all. Thankfully it’s covered unless I’m naked, and nobody who has seen me naked can read Japanese..
Unfortunately I’m so rusty on all my languages I won’t be much help, but I’m for sure gunna lurk!