I wonder what the characters in the tattoo mean. I saw something a while ago written by someone who (supposedly) knew how to read the Chinese characters, and she said that the first two were animals, corresponding to the first two years that Oliver was on the island, and the second two weren't quite anything, but she could sort of come up with a way to make them mean Shado and Yao Fei.
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Hil R. - Nov 04, 2015 5:55:14 pm PST #28657 of 30001
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billytea - Nov 04, 2015 6:12:40 pm PST #28658 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I wonder what the characters in the tattoo mean. I saw something a while ago written by someone who (supposedly) knew how to read the Chinese characters, and she said that the first two were animals, corresponding to the first two years that Oliver was on the island, and the second two weren't quite anything, but she could sort of come up with a way to make them mean Shado and Yao Fei.
Is there a picture online of the tattoo? I could ask Biyi.
Hil R. - Nov 04, 2015 6:22:55 pm PST #28659 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
This is the clearest image I found from a quick Google, but it's still kind of fuzzy. [link]
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DXMachina - Nov 04, 2015 6:33:16 pm PST #28660 of 30001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
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billytea - Nov 04, 2015 10:36:49 pm PST #28661 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I asked Biyi. That picture has been reversed, so the characters are all mirror images. They're traditional characters rather than simplified. (I think that may make a difference only in the last character.) She believes they are:
鼠 姜 姚 猪
In pinyin: shŭ jiāng yáo zhū, which means "Rat Ginger Elegant Pig". The third character, though, is more commonly encountered as a surname.
Steph L. - Nov 05, 2015 4:40:27 am PST #28662 of 30001
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"Rat Ginger Elegant Pig"
Man, this is awesome.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 05, 2015 4:59:52 am PST #28663 of 30001
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So the first two characters refer to Oliver's hair during his first two years on the island?
Hil R. - Nov 05, 2015 6:37:24 am PST #28664 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The third character, though, is more commonly encountered as a surname.
Well, Yao Fei was on the island, so that makes some sense. And Oliver's first two years on the island were 2007 and 2008, which were the years of the pig and the rat. So that part makes sense with the thing I remember reading, though in a different order. I think the person who wrote it got the "ginger" one to sort of mean "Shado" because "shado" is also the word for a type of flower, which has some kind of vague connection to the ginger plant.
Scrappy - Nov 05, 2015 7:44:11 am PST #28665 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Just watched Flash last night. My fave line was "The other Doctor Wells was evil but you're just a dick," especially the great line reading. We had to rewind just to hear it again. Lots of fun chemistry between Barry and Patty, I thought. My DH keeps saying that she's so much more attractive than Iris. I said, you think she's prettier? "No, more attractive-you just can't help but like watching her onscreen."
Steph L. - Nov 05, 2015 7:48:01 am PST #28666 of 30001
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My fave line was "The other Doctor Wells was evil but you're just a dick," especially the great line reading.
Seriously, AWESOME.
Lots of fun chemistry between Barry and Patty, I thought.
I am totally on board that ship.