I have a question =^-^=
The reason I watch U.S. movies and dramas is so that I can enjoy them and at the same time it’s a good way of studying English for me. So, today I would like to introduce a drama called “Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles”. This story describes the story of what happens between Terminator 2 and 3. In Terminator 2, terminator is sent in as a substitute for John’s father but in this drama, the terminator is female. She looks like a school girl, cute and calm, but she is tough enough to fight the enemy. Summer Lyn Glau played the role of “Cameron”, and her acting performance is amazing!! She never laughs and her motion really looks like robot. That, however, is not my main point here. For me, the biggest surprise is one of John's friends "Derek”, he has a tattoo on his chest in Japanese みどりwhich means green and we Japanese sometime use that as a female’s name. I thought he might have a Japanese girlfriend or wife whose name is みどり. I know that in the United States, tattoos are in style. There are lots of people who have them, from famous celebrities like “Angelina Jolie” to normal people. They have tattoos on their bodies with their favorite saying or lots of design patterns like a flower or anything - you name it. Also lots of people engrave their sweetheart’s name on their body as proof of eternal love. However a few months later, I read someone’s blog about Derek’s tattoo. That actor’s name is “Brian Austen Green”. He just tattooed his name on his chest! From the Japanese perspective, this is a little bit beyond our imagination. I would never have expected that. Actually, I found that more astonishing than the ending of the Terminator TV series. Oh, by the way, in Japan tattoos remind us of gang members, but recently in the young generation they tattoo their body as a fashion but I don’t think anyone tattoos their name in their chest. Here I have a question: in the USA, is it common to your own name on your body?
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Hmm... I don't know about tattooing your own name, but sometimes someone will tattoo the name of a family member on their body (like if the person has a special significance to you, or if they died and you get a tattoo in memory of that person). I've also heard of people tattooing their boyfriend/girlfriend's name on their body, but it's kind of common knowledge now that it's not a good idea to do that, in case you stop dating but still get stuck with the person's name on your body, haha.
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yeah that's why i watch Korean and Japanese dramas. plus they're funny and cute. and well not as much now maybe they have like their moms name or children or something but not theirs. unless its in Japanese or Chinese
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Hi! Tatooing in England is a very popular craze amongst men and women. It is common to see the names of family members, football teams, actors, pop stars etc on all parts of the body, but it is very unusual to see the tatooed persons name. However, it is not unusual to see Japanese, Chinese or Celtic symbols which may represent the person's name.
Hope that helps?
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