His and Her Science Tattoos

"The atom is on the left shoulder of Raychelle Burks, chemistry PhD candidate at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. She got the tattoo upon turning 18 and deciding to pursue a career in science. She got the tattoo in her hometown of Pomona, CA at The Body Shop. The Chinese characters tattoo says “Scientist” and is on the left ankle of Matthew Shortridge, chemistry PhD candidate at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. He got the tattoo upon turning 18 and deciding to pursue a career in science. He got the tattoo in his hometown of Lincoln, NE at Aavardaxx’s Tattoo. They met years later at UNL, started dating in the Fall of 2006, and soon learned they both had science tattoos. Two nerds meant to be together."--Raychelle Burks

Comments

[Tracy]

Unfortunately, the third chinese character is wrong. the phrase says 'ke xue zhe' when it should say 'ke xue jia'. Taken individually, the words make sense, but put together, the phrase doesn't. Sorry!

[Amber]

Hahaha that's what happens when you get a cliche Chinese characters tat. They're almost always not correct. Why would he choose Chinese characters to represent "science" anyway? The universal Latin would make a bit more sense.

[Arcticfox]

You do know that uh.. 'scientist' in Chinese is 科学*家* not 者 （ke xue JIA instead of ke xue ZHE)