> ...then again, I guess it works the other way around, too. People get shirts and jewelry and even tattoos with Oriental symbols on them, without even knowing what they mean. One day, on a particular newsgroup, some guy popped up wanting to know the kanji (Japanese character) for 'master' for a tattoo. Someone responded with a bitmap of a kanji...suffice to say it wasn't the character for 'master'. >:D
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> -Trunks

I understand that one of the more popular shirts purchased by tourists in NYC's Chinatown reads "Stupid American".

Back when I was in Germany, I recall seeing a sweatshirt with two Statues of Liberty under the legend "California Dreaming".

-Faux "for those of you not up to speed with North American geography, California is on the west coast. The Statue of Liberty is on the east coast." Pas