tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-514544078439981582024-02-26T08:45:03.362+02:00Bad Hebrew TattoosUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51454407843998158.post-46855585388867885632013-04-07T18:46:00.001+03:002013-04-07T18:47:46.474+03:00When A Dictionary Leaves Its Mark on You<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This little gem was sent in by Amit, and is just too good to pass.<br />
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As the story goes, this girl wanted to write "I love XXX" (boyfriend's name) in Hebrew and tried to accomplish the task using Babylon translation software.<br />
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Well, if you read this site, you know where this is leading...<br />
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What does this Hebrew Tattoo read?<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">"Babylon is the world's leading dictionary and translation software"</span></b><br />
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Oh yeah, THAT bad.<br />
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Remember boys and girls, never use an automatic/online translator, and especially if you're translating a name. Sadly, this effort was doomed from the start.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51454407843998158.post-26311273158679156302011-04-01T11:04:00.000+03:002011-04-01T11:04:30.632+03:00Strength? You'll Need It!Today's victim really did try. She even asked an Israeli friend to provide the correct translation for her Hebrew tattoo, but to no avail. Tattoos done in Hebrew just have a special way of always going wrong...<br />
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This Hebrew tattoo, which was discovered and sent in by Leor, is supposed to say <b>"Lord give me strength".</b> I have to admit, it <i>is</i> grammatically correct. Out poor victim made the mistake of trying to render it vertically, though, all by herself. Bad idea!<br />
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Below is how <b>"Lord give me strength"</b> is supposed to be written in Hebrew. They're the exact same words as in the tat. Can you spot what went wrong?<br />
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<b>Mistake #1: </b>This Hebrew tattoo is backwards. Unlike English, Hebrew is written right-to-left, so the rightmost letter should be on top, in a vertical tattoo.<br />
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<b>Mistake #2:</b> Letter Yod is not an apostrophe! Yod is the shortest letter, but it's still a letter, and as such, it deserves its own line when written vertically. In this tattoo, all Yods have to share their living space with other letters :(<br />
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<b>Mistake #3:</b> Some letters were replaced by other, similar looking letters. So you can very well read the word "Ten" (give) as "Chen" (grace), and you can read "Koach" (strength) as either "Noach" (comfy) or "Moach" (brain). <b>Yeah, this tattoo could absolutely be read as "Lord give me brains".</b><br />
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Vertical Hebrew tattoos? Kids, don't do them!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com92tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51454407843998158.post-6152442497013410222011-01-15T22:47:00.000+02:002011-01-15T22:47:56.651+02:00Gnome In Natural HabitatSometimes, Hebrew tattoos can be all too funny. Take this cute scene, that was forwarded here by <a href="http://hebrew-tattoo.com/">Reut</a>, as a prime example:<br />
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The tattoo reads in Hebrew as "Gamad", which translates to <b>Gnome</b>.<br />
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Why did he do it? No idea! Most likely it's a misspelling, though there's always the possibility that this is a die-hard role-playing geek, taking his character one step too far. The photo shoot setting certainly fits!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51454407843998158.post-35583975265044727612010-12-11T16:43:00.000+02:002010-12-11T16:43:13.327+02:00There's Something Lacking...Today's victim was going for a spiritual ring tattoo. She wanted <b>"Mercy"</b> tattooed in Hebrew on her finger, but I guess God had other plans...<br />
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There's just a tiny incorrectness in one of the Hebrew letters. A small lack of a line, and this tattoo spells not "<b>Mercy"</b> but "Lack" or "Absence".<br />
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See, <b>Mercy</b> in Hebrew is "Chesed", but turn the letter Dalet into a Resh, and you've ended up with "Cheser", which means something else entirely. I like how it is still a real Hebrew word, though.<br />
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Dalet and Resh are very similar, aren't they?<br />
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Luckily for this woman, her tattoo is very easy to fix. Just add a tiny protrusion to that Resh, and she's back in the righteousnesses business.<br />
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Now, this is how "Chesed", which means <b>Mercy</b> and also <b>Grace</b> in Hebrew, is written:<br />
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The design became famous, and can be found in Hebrew jewelry and tattoos all over. Incorrect to one degree or another, usually. In an older entry we saw this same design <a href="http://www.badhebrew.com/2009/10/abstract-art-of-hebrew-tattoo.html">mangled beyond all recognition</a>. In this one, you can tell what it's supposed to be, but it is still misspelled.<br />
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It doesn't spell out <b>Ahava</b>, but rather Achbach, which really means nothing in Hebrew.<br />
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See, many Hebrew letters are very similar in appearance. For example He, which produces the HA and the last A in <b>Ahava</b>, is quite similar to Chet, which makes a CH sound. The statue has borderline rendition of the letter He, but the tattoo totally crossed that border.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">In the Hebrew language, every little stroke can turn your chosen letter into something else entirely.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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Want your Hebrew <b>"Ahava"</b> (Love) statue-like tattoo correct? This is How you'd write it in proper Hebrew. It's really supposed to be all in one line, but we're being artistic, yeah?<br />
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Well, here's one of these rare creatures, boasting her trans-gendered fatherly pride, ink on flesh:<br />
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In reality, this victim was going for an innocent <b>"Daddy's Little Girl"</b> tattoo in Hebrew, but somehow lost the word "little", the proper grammar of a sentence, and the spaces too.<br />
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In fact, all that remains are the words "Girl" and "Daddy" mashed together, and so the Daddygirl is born!<br />
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Want a proper <b>"Daddy's Little Girl"</b> Hebrew translation for your tattoo? This is how it's supposed to be written:<br />
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The victim claims this Hebrew-like doodle to be her name, and on closer inspection I realized that it really was. It just so happened that when trying to render her tattoo vertically, some letters were rotated and some were not, creating this very strange result.<br />
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I never had to draw this particular chart before:<br />
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In any case, the Hebrew tattoo most likely says <b>"Ebony Eve"</b>. Most likely, since aside from being mis-rotated, it's also slightly misspelled. So if you have another interpretation of this name, I'd love to hear it!<br />
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And this is how you would correctly write <b>"Ebony Eve"</b> in Hebrew. Ebony on the right, Eve is on the left.<br />
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My suggestion, when it comes to words which have letters of different height, is not to rotate it letter by letter. It just doesn't look nice.<br />
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Want your Hebrew tattoo to be vertical? Just turn the whole thing 90 degrees counter-clockwise. Like this:<br />
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Two feet. Two girls. Two unknown Hebrew somethings.<br />
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This Hebrew tattoo begins with a Mem Sofit (a letter that only goes at the end of a word) which immediately renders it incorrect. The rest of it seems to be random letters.<br />
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Ideas, anyone?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51454407843998158.post-74491752974718446672010-11-06T11:45:00.000+02:002010-11-06T11:45:26.358+02:00The Deathly Hate of LoveMisspelling your Hebrew tattoo can lead to funny results, as we've seen before with <a href="http://www.badhebrew.com/2010/02/burnt-semolina-boys.html">semolina boys</a>, the <a href="http://www.badhebrew.com/2010/01/eternally-misspelled.html">egg girl</a> and several others. This tattoo is no exception:<br />
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Today's victim was going for a poetic message: <b>"Loyalty before love"</b> tattooed in Hebrew. But something went wrong with the translation of the word loyalty; It didn't come out quite right... and so the message turned into a completely readable "I'll die before love". <br />
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Oh well, at least this one didn't seem to hold love in high regard anyway...<br />
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If <b>"Loyalty before love"</b> is your thing, this is how it's correctly translates into the Hebrew language:<br />
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I don't know what happened here, maybe this victim didn't have enough money, or couldn't tolerate the pain; perhaps it's the result of a bad copy/paste job. Whatever the reason, this Hebrew tattoo is two letters too short, hilariously turning <b>"What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger"</b> into "What doesn't kill brain".<br />
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The word transformation happened by shortening Mechashel (makes stronger) into Moach (brain). Since in Hebrew you don't have to write vowels, this kind of thing will happen with many words when you omit a letter or two.<br />
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It's easy enough to fix, just add the two letters to the end of the sentence!<br />
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Now, this is how <b>"What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger"</b> is supposed to be written in Hebrew (I've also added a dash for clearer sentence structure):<br />
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It's not all that clear, but the tattoo was supposed to say <b>"Beauty"</b> in Hebrew. As often happens, it ended up backwards. Luckily, the girl decided to permanently remove this ink. Looks painful, that.<br />
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Now compare; This is how you write <b>"Beauty"</b> in Hebrew, right to left, as it should be:<br />
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As you can see, it is an elaborate body tattoo, in it's center some large Hebrew lettering that gloriously spells out... <b>Moa</b>. What's a Moa? Your guess is as good as mine.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51454407843998158.post-1891607910878286972010-09-27T14:25:00.001+02:002010-09-27T14:26:45.713+02:00Misspelling God's NameToday we have a very untalented speller. This guy was going for a simple (but very visible) Hebrew <b>"God"</b> tattoo. Well, this is what he got:<br />
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If you wanted to know just how bad one can misspell <b>"God"</b>, this would be your answer. This spelling lacks the letter He, has a randomly added Ayin in the middle, and the Mem isn't in its final form. Also, completely unrelated Nikkud under the Alef.<br />
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It looks as if this guy knew how the word was supposed to sound in Hebrew, and tried to transliterate it on his own. Never a good idea! In this case even an automatic translator can do better.<br />
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I bet God is none too happy about this ridiculous treatment of his name. I sure am pissed when people misspell <i>my</i> name!<br />
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Want to translate <b>"God"</b> correctly to Hebrew? This is how you spell it:<br />
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As you can see, Doda and her husband Radek got matching Hebrew tattoos. Radek's tattoo correctly says "Dorota", which is Doda's real name. The tattoo on Doda's arm, however, was supposed to say <b>"I love Radek"</b>. Instead, it says "To love a Radek". Grammar fail!<br />
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As often happens, tattoos last longer than love, and this couple was soon divorced. Doda regretted her Hebrew folly but didn't learn a lesson regarding foreign tattoos. She promptly covered the Hebrew tattoo with another one, this time in Sanskrit.<br />
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I wonder if her Sanskrit tattoo is correct?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51454407843998158.post-89809203341247578452010-09-17T10:39:00.001+02:002010-09-17T10:40:27.463+02:00Your Name is What? Collin<b>First, an announcement. You can now comfortably browse Bad Hebrew Tattoos on your iPhone, using our brand new iPhone App, <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bad-hebrew/id389946359?mt=8">available for free!</a></b><br />
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Back to buisness, today we have a name tattoo, something we haven't seen in a while. This victim wanted the name <b>Collin</b>, tattooed in Hebrew on his arm. He ended up with this: <br />
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To tell you the truth, had this tattoo not been labeled on the site I plucked it from, I would have never been able to interpret it correctly! It reads like a misspelled Ka'alelinen, not at all what the poet intended.<br />
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There are several glaring mistakes in this bad Hebrew tattoo. First, the doubling of the letter Lamed - in Hebrew you don't do that, even if <b>Collin</b> does have double L. If it <i>sounds</i> like one L, you write just one Lamed, otherwise a vowel between the two Ls is assumed. Same goes for all double-letter names, such as Anna, Todd or Bobby. <br />
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Then, there is the last letter, Nun. The victim unwittingly wrote both final and not-final forms of the letter, instead of using just one. This is a very common (and ugly) mistake, for which alphabet guides and their unaware users are to be blamed.<br />
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And finally, the O in <b>Collin</b> is much better represented by a Vav and not the Ayin our victim chose.<br />
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Correcting all that, we get a correctly spelled <b>Collin</b> in Hebrew. Note that this spelling can be used for all similarly pronounced names, like Colin or Coline.<br />
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This guy wanted <b>"King Jesus the Messiah"</b>, and he even managed to get his grammar right. The sentence makes perfect sense... if you manage to decipher it, that is.<br />
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Unfortunately, Hebrew letters got our guy confused real bad. I see a Yod turned into apostrophe, a Vav turned into Resh, a Lamed turned into number seven with apostrophe on top (how can that even happen??). Also, all spaces are missing.<br />
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It's really quite unreadable if you haven't been clued in first. A very bad, sad, blue Hebrew tattoo. <br />
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This is what the guy was going for, <b>"King Jesus the Messiah"</b> in correct Hebrew:<br />
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If you want to take it a step further, though, the sentence <b>"Jesus the King Messiah"</b> is a more popular form in Hebrew:<br />
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This lovely Hebrew tattoo, found and sent in by Ian, does not say <b>"True Love"</b>, it doesn't mention love at all! Instead, it roughly says "Truly Insultable". Roughly, because Insultable isn't a real word in Hebrew either. The gust of it is unmistakable, though.<br />
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<b>"True Love"</b> in Hebrew is "Ahavat Emet", while our victim's scribble reads "Aliv Emet". Love, Aliv, kind of sounds similar. Could it be some strange transliteration mistake? We'll probably never know. <br />
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Anyway, this is how <b>"True Love"</b> is properly written in Hebrew:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-sOjz9XNH7bDCUJoMmhdH6HVgO0zI8F6nK-TdcFoodDMYE0i1rLt2jy2Hw3adgh-vXp1UYMCKlSn-oIDnOcc2iCDmokuib-_L4Ts4-IZU1fSvLmJPtVr3ema504bvWc5PpT-4fOapg/s1600/true-love.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="73" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-sOjz9XNH7bDCUJoMmhdH6HVgO0zI8F6nK-TdcFoodDMYE0i1rLt2jy2Hw3adgh-vXp1UYMCKlSn-oIDnOcc2iCDmokuib-_L4Ts4-IZU1fSvLmJPtVr3ema504bvWc5PpT-4fOapg/s320/true-love.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51454407843998158.post-57922221540518348162010-07-29T21:28:00.003+03:002010-07-29T21:37:19.306+03:00Who Saved You? And Where?Remember the <a href="http://www.badhebrew.com/2010/01/girl-with-price-tag.html">Girl for Free</a>? Today's tattoo, while not quite as horrible, is right up that alley.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8Mxj4LbONJJXWQ2F96vh2RGkIpP8lUgMbfs0EMCbQdp7eEcwOKhZnDkJP-XW34jwQLw5dH9KgYb_Sk19udLkFavIkRCScyMq2hNICLk1VJ4_G44wvTTKUnnaPj20uux6XOC6yS73yw/s1600/hebrew-tattooos-Saved-by-Grace-John-3-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8Mxj4LbONJJXWQ2F96vh2RGkIpP8lUgMbfs0EMCbQdp7eEcwOKhZnDkJP-XW34jwQLw5dH9KgYb_Sk19udLkFavIkRCScyMq2hNICLk1VJ4_G44wvTTKUnnaPj20uux6XOC6yS73yw/s320/hebrew-tattooos-Saved-by-Grace-John-3-16.jpg" width="320" border="0" height="176" /></a></div><br />This guy went for double trouble. On the left was supposed to be <b>"Saved by Grace"</b>, while on the right <b>"John 3:16"</b> in Hebrew. I can tell you right away that his tattoos say nothing of the sort.<br /><br />The John tattoo is something weird. Quite unreadable, but it definitely doesn't say John nor Yohanan (as the book of John is called in Hebrew). It says Yagan or Saban or maybe even Anne...<br /><br />The Grace tattoo, however, is far more interesting. See, there isn't always correlation between Hebrew and English word meanings. And so, while "Saved" in English has all sorts of meanings, Hebrew uses different words for save (rescue) and save (put money aside). I bet you can tell which word our victim used.<br /><br />Basically, instead of <b>"Saved by Grace"</b>, this tattoo reads along the lines of <b>"Saved by Mercy [in her bank account]"</b>. Yeah, "Grace" is wrong too.<br /><br />Now, this is how you properly write "Saved by Grace" in Hebrew:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6e4Z_KG6YVxK39lUQGqOAENsOak-GFEZJxl7BS6iHKH1qc2sdcfPzCJ53OAPt3Tuvg5xMKveVQbusI_VpgjtTkSY_0lXJklRBcnotTT8nAgfOsvUX49wm1nReIPpicf0d6ksXjd-jg/s1600/saved-by-grace.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6e4Z_KG6YVxK39lUQGqOAENsOak-GFEZJxl7BS6iHKH1qc2sdcfPzCJ53OAPt3Tuvg5xMKveVQbusI_VpgjtTkSY_0lXJklRBcnotTT8nAgfOsvUX49wm1nReIPpicf0d6ksXjd-jg/s320/saved-by-grace.gif" width="320" border="0" height="80" /></a></div><br />And "John 3:16":<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KoxR5Y6GzinUtSoO1Yi5VEOgSYEh9yQ6krm6EVkbgt6gDTx2j7KblCuipKmO6k4mEjHZbsFLiCPIueJHwSjjiVbuUPJN2H_z3VhV_KVd40AeIRV3IfPJwwqiddaSPpU7J5iXv9_ErA/s1600/john-3-16.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KoxR5Y6GzinUtSoO1Yi5VEOgSYEh9yQ6krm6EVkbgt6gDTx2j7KblCuipKmO6k4mEjHZbsFLiCPIueJHwSjjiVbuUPJN2H_z3VhV_KVd40AeIRV3IfPJwwqiddaSPpU7J5iXv9_ErA/s1600/john-3-16.gif" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51454407843998158.post-11674320161279959902010-07-25T16:00:00.005+03:002010-08-30T13:29:36.666+03:00Dictionary Tattoo is a Painful CommitmentI've warned once or twice about using a dictionary for your Hebrew tattoo, but do people ever listen? To further drive the point in, I proudly present: Dictionary Guy.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9Tum8SHluj4IX0kFl_5-xxMw0os8v3WCepPubvMLUHSTe66jAjR_6ecJ2iaMhZnCBcZM27Tb6Tybmn7_X-rEkyI_BCxfKaZUgoN0Y16lyxCy0BYlGdt3_tmozS-EZi5TXqdMVihIZw/s1600/hebrew-tattoos-Love-Commitment-Pain-wrong.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497832283721692834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9Tum8SHluj4IX0kFl_5-xxMw0os8v3WCepPubvMLUHSTe66jAjR_6ecJ2iaMhZnCBcZM27Tb6Tybmn7_X-rEkyI_BCxfKaZUgoN0Y16lyxCy0BYlGdt3_tmozS-EZi5TXqdMVihIZw/s320/hebrew-tattoos-Love-Commitment-Pain-wrong.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 211px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
The guy wanted his Hebrew tattoo to say <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Love, Commitment, Pain"</span> and looked the words up in a dictionary. He was probably surprised when it turned out to be <span style="font-style: italic;">such a long</span> tattoo.<br />
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Well, the length should have been a clue. This tattoo has all the possible synonyms of the selected words. It also features creative punctuation and total misunderstanding of the letter Yod. Overall, this Hebrew tattoo is a big, huge, painful mess.<br />
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On the right is Commitment. It's written bottom-to-top (nice touch!) and reads:<br />
Commitment; Obligation<br />
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In the middle is Love, and yes it says all that:<br />
Love; Beloved; Cute; Buddy; Zero (in tennis)<br />
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On the left is Pain:<br />
To hurt someone; Pains me<br />
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This is how you actually write <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Love, Commitment, Pain"</span> in Hebrew. Short and sweet.<br />
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I've written the words with commas between, as it makes much more sense than reading it as a sentence.<br />
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Want to learn Hebrew and avoid this kind of blunder? Here are some books:<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-Read-Hebrew-Book/dp/0939144506?ie=UTF8&tag=badhebrew-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Teach Yourself to Read Hebrew</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hebrew-Dummies-Jill-Suzanne-Jacobs/dp/0764554891?ie=UTF8&tag=badhebrew-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Hebrew for Dummies</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=badhebrew-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0764554891" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51454407843998158.post-1168185473480481372010-07-18T23:12:00.004+03:002010-07-18T23:32:51.349+03:00Puzzle Girl Gets Random TattooFor some, getting a plain old Hebrew tattoo is not enough, they just have to be creative. Check out Puzzle Girl here, can you tell what she was going for?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUBcUBWqxiYMQDIOMvFLeA_a2-NkzHVO7wsRaUccGaLaM_c9AqDUpC9h0HRguXYAjW4MEY3dnZBlUe2T41Hv0MRmWyJq6IfGkVHiI31KFzHXG_rCRLz-cIiehYr1Gmj1-14XJzOnkag/s1600/hebrew-tattoos-puzzle-girl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUBcUBWqxiYMQDIOMvFLeA_a2-NkzHVO7wsRaUccGaLaM_c9AqDUpC9h0HRguXYAjW4MEY3dnZBlUe2T41Hv0MRmWyJq6IfGkVHiI31KFzHXG_rCRLz-cIiehYr1Gmj1-14XJzOnkag/s320/hebrew-tattoos-puzzle-girl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495342664374380210" border="0" /></a><br />This genius of creativeness got 3 random words, but she couldn't write them right-to-left like normal people, oh no. She wrote them from top to bottom and didn't bother to space the words apart. It looks like one of those how-many-words-can-you-find puzzles, who cares for a game?<br /><br />Curious about her original Hebrew words?<br /><br />Mashal - either <span style="font-weight: bold;">Story</span> or <span style="font-weight: bold;">He Reigned</span><br />Tsedek - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Justice</span><br />Racham - Either <span style="font-weight: bold;">Egyptian Vulture</span> or a bastardized form of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mercy</span><br /><br />Did I say random?<br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51454407843998158.post-56306112392815187062010-07-04T23:21:00.010+03:002010-07-05T00:02:42.387+03:00Spiritual or Gangster?Today we have yet another example of Christians making up their own Hebrew words. Remember <a href="http://www.badhebrew.com/2009/11/first-learn-language-then-use-it.html">Tshalach</a>? This one is an apple from the same tree.<br /><br />The unfortunate Hebrew tattoo was supposed to say <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Worship with arms extended"</span>, which according to the victim is "Yadah" in Hebrew:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__z2EmwnvpSxeCq0fsrq1Zft78wEBW9Cj0w98GUyjF0RQkc2CdCy9wZsg7OryAkt0VVR-vkfnOyflw-8QS_4fIFsrCHQFyye8MeOyh0XmCuIjOFJL3Y87Qq_U3kqNlS-zPPjasVAJiA/s1600/hebrew-tattoos-yadah-worship-wrong.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__z2EmwnvpSxeCq0fsrq1Zft78wEBW9Cj0w98GUyjF0RQkc2CdCy9wZsg7OryAkt0VVR-vkfnOyflw-8QS_4fIFsrCHQFyye8MeOyh0XmCuIjOFJL3Y87Qq_U3kqNlS-zPPjasVAJiA/s320/hebrew-tattoos-yadah-worship-wrong.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490152725208907842" border="0" /></a><br />Of course, "Yadah" doesn't mean anything of the sort. It means either "threw [stones]" or "her hand". It doesn't matter, though, as the tattoo doesn't say "Yadah" - it says "Yarah" which is quite a different word. A word that means "Shot [a gun]" in Hebrew. Oh well, at least now it <span style="font-style: italic;">does</span> have arms in it.<br /><br />Now, see how similar the letters Resh and Dalet are? That's how your "Yadah" turns into a "Yarah".<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbYq52Gb51iXot6J0JhOpokKPKl8xdlAnxtRLAhFty_cFVA7bx4E-0YdZmJZ95Enzshby-DSFupkZCMHLpMi6k4Sz3Lwhid5m5xoOfRdYq70iCB6Tc66QQ79dUlkgufKSVprzN1ICDw/s1600/resh-vs-dalet.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxbYq52Gb51iXot6J0JhOpokKPKl8xdlAnxtRLAhFty_cFVA7bx4E-0YdZmJZ95Enzshby-DSFupkZCMHLpMi6k4Sz3Lwhid5m5xoOfRdYq70iCB6Tc66QQ79dUlkgufKSVprzN1ICDw/s320/resh-vs-dalet.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490154753634992018" border="0" /></a><br />Thinking of getting a Christian spiritual tattoo? Be careful not to end up with incriminating gang ink instead!<br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51454407843998158.post-68089743837351003712010-06-25T17:23:00.006+03:002010-06-25T17:48:13.787+03:00Fall of the RighteousToday's victim wanted a biblical Hebrew tattoo, a quote from <a href="http://scripturetext.com/proverbs/24-16.htm">Proverbs 24:16</a>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">"For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again, But the wicked stumble in time of calamity"</span>. He looked it up and all, and still this is the result:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgov8tzmA6pSzv_mVG5H4b8s_hBOpoAM0DU-eGsJuMeE7W-7e3LXjBOosnMECakZi3S9hX7_IY16ppSmwgL5ySN21pEiY5RJDafbMijOykabLGJ8s8_oqH0EMypWqejy_HyNBeztjecnA/s1600/hebrew-tattoos-proverbs-24-16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgov8tzmA6pSzv_mVG5H4b8s_hBOpoAM0DU-eGsJuMeE7W-7e3LXjBOosnMECakZi3S9hX7_IY16ppSmwgL5ySN21pEiY5RJDafbMijOykabLGJ8s8_oqH0EMypWqejy_HyNBeztjecnA/s320/hebrew-tattoos-proverbs-24-16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486717035854756386" border="0" /></a><br />It's not fully visible, but what can be seen is spelled correctly, except the whole thing is written backwards. Most likely a copy/paste Photoshop accident.<br /><br />I've said it before, and I'll repeat for the newcomers: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Never trust Photoshop with your Hebrew, as it always reverses Hebrew</span>.<br /><br />Some of the other image and text editors can do that too, so it's always recommended to verify before inking. Just post your image on <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/">Yahoo! Answers</a> and ask what it says. If you got it wrong, you'll be told so.<br /><br />For those interested, this is how the verse is supposed to go:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXYn_L-OaJoz7SVEw6u1ROPfHKMBBBHxdB-7Kad9oP9Imd_ZM6_NF6-mz5UNdX4zPygnGW-KWnLcAjluFH2BngtBK-ks37nYNJgXkox9GsqcxQUFvK0IpqTLl4UXE66PwBkxwCA1JLg/s1600/proverbs-24-16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 38px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXYn_L-OaJoz7SVEw6u1ROPfHKMBBBHxdB-7Kad9oP9Imd_ZM6_NF6-mz5UNdX4zPygnGW-KWnLcAjluFH2BngtBK-ks37nYNJgXkox9GsqcxQUFvK0IpqTLl4UXE66PwBkxwCA1JLg/s320/proverbs-24-16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486722628488150754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51454407843998158.post-27151013331770718932010-06-22T22:02:00.007+03:002010-06-22T22:48:26.187+03:00The Cross Of Misspelled VirtuesI've had quite a time deciphering this recent Hebrew tattoo that was kindly pointed out to me by <a href="http://www.hebrew-tattoo.com/">Reut</a>. Can <span style="font-style: italic;">you</span> guess what it says?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwQQS2hpj4JuyK9ZkXTJezTKYMWlxmsi0vCD2zx4eYuJBXEfgfGZwG9T4UHULVAgMjD_xlyISp5681w5uVr1LQK7WPey824CA8KlHaCNchX_B-sxpNbaoZrwQf-JwfVCvg6JUxCGEsA/s1600/hebrew-tattoos-wisdom-courage-strength.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwQQS2hpj4JuyK9ZkXTJezTKYMWlxmsi0vCD2zx4eYuJBXEfgfGZwG9T4UHULVAgMjD_xlyISp5681w5uVr1LQK7WPey824CA8KlHaCNchX_B-sxpNbaoZrwQf-JwfVCvg6JUxCGEsA/s320/hebrew-tattoos-wisdom-courage-strength.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485676873286614882" border="0" /></a><br />Well, the first word that stands out is the one on the bottom, "Hochma" - <span style="font-weight: bold;">wisdom</span> in Hebrew. Yes, it's written backwards, but if you've been reading this site long enough you're surely used to that mistake by now.<br /><br />The middle word made me scratch my head and wonder what's going on. It sort of reads "Hioa" which isn't a real Hebrew word. In fact, it is supposed to be "Ometz" - <span style="font-weight: bold;">courage</span>. The letter Vav has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niqqud">nikkud</a> attached for reasons unknown, making it look like two letters, the Mem looks very much like a Het and the Tsadi drifted up and attached itself to the next word! Oh yeah, and it's backwards too.<br /><br />The word on top, "Koach" - <span style="font-weight: bold;">strength</span>, is backwards and has the leftover Tsadi from the previous word, making it into gibberish.<br /><br />All in all, this is a tattoo designed to draw out a "HUH?" from any Hebrew speaker. Luckily, the letters can be easily blacked out and the whole thing forgotten. The victim made one wise choice regarding this tattoo - he made the background black!<br /><br />Okay, now this is how you'd write "Wisdom Courage Strength" correctly in Hebrew:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sLlvjZ28w14oTUsu6-uN0G5lSBKVzLtgZ_ILh3ZuF1R0gmUFq_AKXapjrDnHR-Frp4AIphwxm60x2CnJX2TugXu3aGnaq8UzN7RLl4rV2WHO_Jwn-LbvEumsWHlGYBFLo0ed3DQ8fA/s1600/wisdom-courage-strength.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 74px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sLlvjZ28w14oTUsu6-uN0G5lSBKVzLtgZ_ILh3ZuF1R0gmUFq_AKXapjrDnHR-Frp4AIphwxm60x2CnJX2TugXu3aGnaq8UzN7RLl4rV2WHO_Jwn-LbvEumsWHlGYBFLo0ed3DQ8fA/s320/wisdom-courage-strength.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485685242865112258" border="0" /></a>Mind, I wrote it out horizontally. If you're planning a vertical tattoo, remember that Hebrew is written right to left, and so the rightmost letters go on top.<br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51454407843998158.post-42034377710957309342010-06-14T22:14:00.005+03:002010-06-14T22:58:50.175+03:00Tombstone Girl and her List of Dead RelativesWhat better way to remember your dearly departed than a Hebrew tattoo with relevant names and dates all over your back? Everyone around you now has to remember them too!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnXdJjvZgLL6nKnsK0N4TvD3WreOC5YEaEn3udviqHCCRFFxrp0FNd09RMVpMlSumsF73bOyIRPMeawjxG_R7gM8gJdFmaQdyMMHQKNWeLWnwd5whFsiWHJWRau3mwd108Y9Xkf8LDg/s1600/hebrew-tattoos-memorial-girl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnXdJjvZgLL6nKnsK0N4TvD3WreOC5YEaEn3udviqHCCRFFxrp0FNd09RMVpMlSumsF73bOyIRPMeawjxG_R7gM8gJdFmaQdyMMHQKNWeLWnwd5whFsiWHJWRau3mwd108Y9Xkf8LDg/s320/hebrew-tattoos-memorial-girl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482710157918395858" border="0" /></a><br />Tombstone girl here obviously thought it was a bright idea, but she didn't invest too much time to obtain the correct lettering. As a result her tattoo (the Hebrew part) reads:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Lila daughter of Raniel son of Abrahab <span style="font-style: italic;">(Daniel son of Abraham)</span><br />25 of Sayar <span style="font-style: italic;">(25 of Sivan - a Hebrew date)</span><br />Porsha Lerach <span style="font-style: italic;">(Korach)</span><br />RIP<br /></div><br />Morbid much? If you're going to be a walking memorial, at least spell it right...<br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51454407843998158.post-16726142746124423842010-06-10T22:22:00.006+03:002010-06-10T22:43:32.534+03:00Disastrous Salvation InkThis Hebrew Tattoo is pretty fresh, just came across it last week. The victim was going for a biblical reference <span style="font-weight: bold;">"God of my Salvation"</span>, straight from <a href="http://biblos.com/isaiah/12-2.htm">Isaiah 12:2</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TIdLod8kbEkW2mu-zNNT1RJNXYM3k2gTd8TXk7c5L_U9qy9qNPY4aryK19PX3WaYkiu9b33uG1jiFcdX1_c8cWmpjMgYQ8eIplyHeJbux5nPUDDvZhy7OnlWspj92hi8kvtqnOv8Lg/s1600/hebrew-tattoos-god-of-my-salvation-misspelled.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TIdLod8kbEkW2mu-zNNT1RJNXYM3k2gTd8TXk7c5L_U9qy9qNPY4aryK19PX3WaYkiu9b33uG1jiFcdX1_c8cWmpjMgYQ8eIplyHeJbux5nPUDDvZhy7OnlWspj92hi8kvtqnOv8Lg/s320/hebrew-tattoos-god-of-my-salvation-misspelled.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481228111237281042" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"God of my Salvation"</span> - El Yshuati in Hebrew, are two words. Do you see two words in this tattoo? Right.<br /><br />This is not the end of it, though. The letter Tav in <span style="font-weight: bold;">Yshuati</span> was somehow switched for a He. The letter Vav (the U sound) looks almost like a Resh. It's all a big mess.<br /><br />Now why this Hebrew tattoo went wrong, I have no idea. It's a biblical verse, for god's sake! You can find correct references very easily.<br /><br />This is how <span style="font-weight: bold;">"God of my Salvation"</span> is originally written in Isaiah 12:2:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfaaIkTGt6ZfRWohsr2Jr_pfd5T8RmkDsHbqqJKGUxU2pwOj8h18cb_atWi2s5NV1pJsj2MoAFSRjXVFHX6YIyZL5r7JjZjfB46_564lZSHFgK6n-Wglt62KTXyznz0_MhDdXebX2L-Q/s1600/god-of-my-salvation.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 95px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfaaIkTGt6ZfRWohsr2Jr_pfd5T8RmkDsHbqqJKGUxU2pwOj8h18cb_atWi2s5NV1pJsj2MoAFSRjXVFHX6YIyZL5r7JjZjfB46_564lZSHFgK6n-Wglt62KTXyznz0_MhDdXebX2L-Q/s320/god-of-my-salvation.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481231609050776610" border="0" /></a><br />If you can't tell the difference between this and the victim's rendition, you should think twice before inking it on. I mean it!<br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0