27 October 2009

Unwise Tattoo?


Wisdom
Originally uploaded by Jaspreet Dhillon
Saw this on Flickr. The word for wisdom is prajñā - a feminine noun in -ā.

This person has: प्रज्ञाः prajñāḥ

Prajñāḥ is the nominative plural: wisdoms. Whoops.

5 comments:

  1. This is why I asked you to do the siddham script that I wanted.

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  2. Yeah, but I've done some howlers on this website as well! The difference is I can tweak my HTML, and the tattoos is permanent.

    Still I suppose that wisdoms plural is not a bad thing :-)

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  3. Perhaps they do mean multiple wisdom? :)

    Still at least it's not one of the worst mistakes. Silver lining, silver lining!

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  4. Yes it could be a lot worse. :-)

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  5. Why do mistakes like this seem to happen all the time. Always be sure of what you are asking for and run it by a native speaker who you trust!

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