"Ridiculous" as a tattoo

[Boris Tatarenko]

Hello,

I wonder, what would you think as native speakers if you saw a forearm tattoo that says "ridiculous" or "hilarious"?

 

[Rover_KE]

I wouldn't think anything of it: I've seen tattoos much more ridiculous and hilarious than that.

 

[Raymott]

Like Rover, I wouldn't bother speculating, even assuming I took the bother to read it.

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

I wouldn't think anything of it: I've seen tattoos much more ridiculous and hilarious than that.

I've got a feeling you find it a little bit weird, dont you?

 

[Rover_KE]

No - I'm completely ambivalent about it.:-|

 

[Tdol]

I've got a feeling you find it a little bit weird, dont you?

I've seen much weirder stuff than that. You'd have to misspell it or use an unusual font to get my attention. ;-)

 

[jutfrank]

If it said ridiculous, I'd think exactly that—what a ridiculous tattoo!

Don't do it, Boris. Surely you can think of something better.

 

[Tdol]

Honestly, tattoos are so common in the UK that they just blur into the background. If someone did this on their face, they might get a reaction - though probably small - but not on forearms.

 

[J&K Tutoring]

I've never see a tattoo that didn't look ridiculous...

 

[Tdol]

But this truly is a ridiculous tattoo:

http://media.galaxant.com/000/038/971/stupid-tat-choices3.jpg