WWYD friends tattoo mistake

[FrustratedBeyond]

Both my friend and her DH had matching tattoos today, but both have 'could of' instead of 'could have'... WWYD... Gently inform her to save a shred of her dignity or save my embarrassment to point it out and say nothing? I know its not issue of the century but Im interested to hear what others would do.

Is this one easier to read?

Dear God...that is truly and utterly AWFUL. I would have such difficulty suppressing my horror. Why oh why can't people learn this correctly? I would actually ask for a refund from the tattoo artist. They HAVE to be able to spell when they are covering someone in permanent ink!

What does it say on the van?

Any good?

Tattoo artists should be literate.

There was a long thread on here a year or two ago (that made it into classics) about appropriating the (wrong) phrase "tow the line," where it should be "toe" the line, just because they thought it should be an accepted version. Loads of people tried their darnedest to convince others that it must be a regional thing, or that "tow" was a perfectly acceptable form of the phrase. The thread went on and on, but the "toe-ers" won in the end!

My tattoo artist checked mine about 100 times
I have "without passion we'd be truly dead" and "but still, like air, I'll rise"
Even down the the apostrophe etc, everything was checked

They should be but I would've (of?) thought they would have disclaimers and caveats all over the place saying "we tattoo what you ask- we don't correct, check or translate designs" or similar to cover themselves.

If you want to have something permanently etched on your skin you should take the time to research and spell check it yourself, not expect someone else to spot your mistakes. Especially when qualifications in english, latin, mandarin etc. aren't exactly prerequisites for becoming a tattoo artist.

Craic, one of the tattoo places I have been to has a section on the consent/health form where you have to write what you want if you ask for text. It’s a good way of getting people to take personal responsibility for their choices.

DepressedAspie
That looks like you took that photo while you were driving.😲 👮🏼‍♂️🚓🚨

Don't say anything. If it ever comes up and she asks why you didn't mention the mistake, say you assumed her MIL (for whom it's a tribute) said it that way and that was why they phrased it that way.

Serioussass I presume Aspie has a dash cam.

I do indeed have a dashcam 😀 they capture all manner of funny things.

My FIL bought a flower shop and changed the name. On his business cards, it said "formally" whatever the previous name had been, instead of formerly.

I had to be physically restrained driving down the motorway behind a horse transporter which had 'Horse's' written across it.

It could be argued it was correct, if it belonged to only one horse, but it was a multiple horse carrier.

awful as it is, if there is nothing to be done there is no point saying anything.

I saw a similar mistake on a clearly very expensive headstone. a stone mason that can't spell is even worse.