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Liz Andrade
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Check out Part One, Tattoos & Type: Typographical Tattoos
Exclamation Point!
Colon: Comma, Semicolon;
Ampersand &
Interrobang ‽
Question Mark ?
“Quotation Marks”
Who knew the ampersand was such a popular character? There are some really pretty ones!
Cool edition to your last tattoo post!
posted on October 6th, 2008 at 3:02 PMHa. Literal finger quotes. How very witty.
posted on November 9th, 2008 at 1:05 AMwhy the fuck would someone let alone at least ten people, get an ampersand tattooed on their body.
posted on November 9th, 2008 at 3:43 AMHuh? I have a slew of tattoos. Not once has it crossed my mind to get any type of punctuation.
posted on November 9th, 2008 at 12:13 PMthese are the stupidest fucking things on earth………..COOL
posted on November 11th, 2008 at 8:27 PMsuper lame!!
posted on November 12th, 2008 at 11:13 AMAll of them but the ampersands, interrobang, and the finger quotation are quite useless and most likely meaningless to the person who got the tattoo.
posted on November 13th, 2008 at 7:33 PMHey, why so harsh? Maybe YOU think that having an exclamation point on your body is silly or meaningless, but clearly these people disagree.
I think they’re interesting, myself.
posted on November 15th, 2008 at 8:37 PMWhy does a tattoo have to have a meaning? It just looks cool and that’s all they are for.
posted on December 19th, 2008 at 4:01 AMOh I LOVE the last one!!! ^_^ Very cool. they have a very nice sense of humor it would seem. the others how ever… why?
posted on March 5th, 2009 at 9:15 PM@Evie i agree! thanks for visiting.
posted on March 5th, 2009 at 11:57 PMHahaha…
posted on March 9th, 2009 at 8:00 PMI feel bad for the last guy not looking into it properly and being stuck with that error. Opening quotation marks take the form of “66″, not an inverted “99″
@steve – whoa, you’re right, that is kind of a bummer! yet… also funny. ;)
posted on March 10th, 2009 at 12:06 AMThe quotation marks on the fingers is actually a really clever idea, hahah. I love it.
Punctuation marks are really cute for some reason. :B
posted on March 11th, 2009 at 3:55 PMthe quotation marks tattoo is entirely clever.
posted on March 14th, 2009 at 9:43 PMCompletely and utterly stupid. I want one.
posted on March 22nd, 2009 at 6:32 PMomg. love the quotation marks… <3
posted on April 12th, 2009 at 5:04 PMNow I want the quotation marks. LOL!
posted on May 8th, 2009 at 4:15 AMI have yet to find another person with my punctuation mark. I have ellipsis on my arm, and for those looking for meaning…the story will always continue…
posted on July 7th, 2009 at 6:04 AMI want the quotation marks on my fingers! How clever!
posted on July 15th, 2009 at 2:22 AMI have a tattoo of an apostrophe behind my ear which is very important for me because I am a member of the Apostrophe Protection Society. Sticklers unite and remember that apostrophes are for possessives, not plurals.
posted on September 25th, 2009 at 7:18 PMI’m a big fan of the proper use of the semicolon; I may actually consider getting it tattooed on my person. ;)
posted on July 13th, 2010 at 1:53 AMNot all tattoo’s need to have a meaning ?
posted on November 21st, 2010 at 7:29 PMand maybe this do have meanings to people who got them tattoo’d .
i’m not sure what the meanings of all of them are.. but to some people, the quotation marks symbolizes words, quotes, and lyrics that consume their life. the written word is important to a lot of people. it can also symbolize feelings that cannot be put into words. it’s not stupid, you just don’t understand the meaning behind them.
posted on March 30th, 2011 at 9:28 PM@Bree… uhh, did y posting of this come off as me not thinking these were all awesome? I am a total typography nerd, so i love these punctuation tattoos!
posted on April 2nd, 2011 at 2:13 AMthis is so dumb but i have to say thelast one is pretty awesome
posted on February 9th, 2012 at 11:38 PM