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Some quick grammar advice needed please, for a tattoo 🙏🙂

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 20/08/2025 14:33

The song lyric from bayonets 'heated' goes

Liberated, livin' like we ain't got time

I'm happy with using 'aint' but does there need to be a : after 'liberated?' Or a comma? 🙈

The 'genius' lyrics show a comma after liberated, but i dont wanna be shamed on pedants corner one day

Also, would you use livin' or living? I prefer living

Its for a tattoo idea

Tia x

Some quick grammar advice needed please, for a tattoo 🙏🙂
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Zonder · 20/08/2025 18:41

Coconutter24 · 20/08/2025 18:33

I genuinely thought you was trying to wind Op up and then your response came across as cocky so if my comment did come across as rude it was in retaliation to what I thought was you being cocky

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Ok. Well no need for retaliation as I wasn't being cocky.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 20/08/2025 18:41

Arley617 · 20/08/2025 18:32

My DS and I love watching Paw Patrol together but I’m not going to get “Rubble at the double” tattooed across my face.

Honestly just don’t do it.

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Omg 😭😭😭

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 20/08/2025 18:42

Zonder · 20/08/2025 18:25

That's a lovely reason to get it.

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Thank you 😊

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 20/08/2025 18:43

tumblingdowntherabbithole · 20/08/2025 18:23

I just came on to say this - you need it to be decently sized or it will just turn into a blob as it ages.

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@smallslyfox this doesn't sound so bad

Some quick grammar advice needed please, for a tattoo 🙏🙂
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Funsummerfun · 20/08/2025 18:57

Official lyric video is here -there's no comma at all, despite there being commas used elsewhere in this video.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3WqRPM6M0A

ImogenBrocklehurst · 20/08/2025 18:59

mumofoneAloneandwell · 20/08/2025 15:17

😄 its gonna be a small tattoo

I'm thinking on my collarbone

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Ouch!

Pricelessadvice · 20/08/2025 19:20

mumofoneAloneandwell · 20/08/2025 18:21

👀 whats the lyric?

I secretly want a the 1975 tattoo but the time has passed

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It would be VERY outing or I’d let you know. It was from a 1993 song by a well known band.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 20/08/2025 19:27

ClawedButler · 20/08/2025 14:53

I'd use a comma there rather than a colon.

(Professional proofreader and copywriter)

Agreed, a tattoo on the colon should be avoided as so few people are going to see it, unless you are that drunk person down near the Job Centre.
Are you?

BitOutOfPractice · 20/08/2025 19:30

I love tattoos but I’m not sure your love for that song will stand the test of time.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 20/08/2025 19:36

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 20/08/2025 19:27

Agreed, a tattoo on the colon should be avoided as so few people are going to see it, unless you are that drunk person down near the Job Centre.
Are you?

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😭 no!

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 20/08/2025 19:37

BitOutOfPractice · 20/08/2025 19:30

I love tattoos but I’m not sure your love for that song will stand the test of time.

😄 the song is iconic! Beyonce dancing to it on the Renaissance tour!

Plus, what it means

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IKnowAristotle · 20/08/2025 19:38

I would do comma and living rather than livin'.

But also if I had a Beyonce tattoo I'd probably go for "I've got hot sauce in my bag"

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 20/08/2025 19:38

Pricelessadvice · 20/08/2025 19:20

It would be VERY outing or I’d let you know. It was from a 1993 song by a well known band.

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Fair enough x

Although ive decided its boyzone 👀👀

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 20/08/2025 19:38

IKnowAristotle · 20/08/2025 19:38

I would do comma and living rather than livin'.

But also if I had a Beyonce tattoo I'd probably go for "I've got hot sauce in my bag"

😄 now that would definitely get me judged

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Charabanc · 20/08/2025 19:38

Collarbone? I've never had a tattoo, and even I know that that's a very painful place to have a tattoo.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 20/08/2025 19:39

ImogenBrocklehurst · 20/08/2025 18:59

Ouch!

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I'm tough, plus I dont want it to be visible unless i'm dressed casually during the summer

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Pricelessadvice · 20/08/2025 19:40

mumofoneAloneandwell · 20/08/2025 19:38

Fair enough x

Although ive decided its boyzone 👀👀

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Haha no, think Britpop.

InNewYorkNoShoes · 20/08/2025 19:41

beachwalkx · 20/08/2025 16:30

I mean you could apply that to anything
why colour your hair it’ll only go grey
why exercise, we all die anyway

pretty depressing way to see things! My tattoos will be just be older and wrinklier like the rest of me

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I don’t think tattoos go blue with age anymore?

DramaAlpaca · 20/08/2025 19:46

PrincessOfPreschool · 20/08/2025 16:13

Oh, I was about to say livin' goes better with ain't.

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I agree.

I wouldn't want it on myself, but this looks best. Oh, and definitely a comma, not a colon.

DarlingHoldMyHand · 20/08/2025 23:19

If I was going to get a Renaissance tattoo this horse one off Reddit is epic, but each to their own

Some quick grammar advice needed please, for a tattoo 🙏🙂
MumOnBus · 20/08/2025 23:30

BadWoIf · 20/08/2025 14:55

I think using a colon afer "liberated" implies that what follows is a definition of liberated, which in this case it isn't, so I'd use a comma.
If the lyrics say livin' rather than living, I'd go with that.
But are you quite sure that you the words from this particular song inscribed on you for the rest of time? People's tastes change and this one seems like one you might grow out of.

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This!
I haven't got a tatoo but i wrote a snippet of a song on my dissertation and I hate that it's there forever, even though that the song itself is no longer that cool (got played in the radio for many many weeks after I submitted).
Having said that, if you want to tatoo that verse of the song, don't correct the grammar. If it says livin' then keep those lyrics.

PurpleChrayn · 20/08/2025 23:39

I’m not sure why you wouldn’t go the whole hog and get “make the bummy heated” too.

doubleshift · 20/08/2025 23:42

You might want to repost on the Beyoncé Reddit for more expert opinions.
you only get once chance to get it right!

maudelovesharold · 20/08/2025 23:48

DarlingHoldMyHand · 20/08/2025 15:36

And I'm glad you clarified as I thought The Bayonets might be some new cool indie band

It’s a great name for a band! I wish I was in one, so I could suggest that we name ourselves that…

SprayWhiteDung · 20/08/2025 23:51

Pricelessadvice · 20/08/2025 19:20

It would be VERY outing or I’d let you know. It was from a 1993 song by a well known band.

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It wasn't the 1993 Christmas no 1, was it?! Does that act count as a band?!