To mention a mistake on friend's tattoo?

[thenightsky]

I've toyed with posting this in Pedants' Corner.

DD's best friend has just had a HUGE tattoo on her side and over her hip... I won't post the whole verse, but it starts with 'Lifes too short'. She has posted it on FB and made it her profile pic.

Should I tell her that there is a missing apostrophe?

I would.

An apostrophe can easily be stuck on there.

Yes
But I am evil and quite tipsy.

oh - but NOT over facebook!

A missing one i would mention as it can be added. I don't think i'd mention an extra one though.

that's easily rectified. amazes me how people don't check grammar and spellings on tattoos

Oops... I mentioned it

You actually think that people who ink themselves in have any concept of grammar?

check post for typo, punctuation, split infinitives, capitalisation blah blah

Welllll. Tattoos are such a devilmaycare, unpunctuationy thing aren't they?

I think you should have at her with a Sharpie.

Yeah I would in that case. I thought it was going to be one of those ones where they got something in a foreign language they don't actually speak..in which case it's probably not worth it.

troisgarcons Fri 13-Jan-12 21:27:35

You actually think that people who ink themselves in have any concept of grammar?
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[resists temptation to point out extra word in that sentence]

of course the good ones have a concept of grammar :S

I was piss taking - I thought my italics showed that ..... christ you lot are so devoid of humour sigh

a friend of mine has had a tattoo recently on the back of her neck.

'never regret the things you've done, only regret the things you have'nt'

I don't think she's realised yet.

"Never regret the things you've done"

...even if they include permanent bad spelling on the back of your neck.

have'nt'

ahahhaha.... but she cannot see it on the back of her neck

you should have added a trois before you start accusing us of having no soh!!

That reminds me! Whatever happened about that poster whose BIL got something daft written in German on his leg?

Wonder did she ever tell him....

This is one of the reasons I haven't had the quote I want tattooed done.

I've seen sooooo many tattoos with spelling mistakes!

An apostrophie can be put in though. Tell her.

What did she say??

Are you not also wondering where the rest of the tattoo went? Life's too short for what? Or is she having a moan about her four-score and ten expectancy?

fortunately not as bad as these

no no... i have seen the whole tattoo... just couldn't be arsed to repeat it all on MN.

I would tell her, it's easily rectified

and tell her it could have been worse...she could've got something like

this

Oh I am confussed now. So it says Lifes Too Short.... and then there's more?
Blimey.