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Should I tell a friend that her tattoo is misspelled?

A friend of mine from High School(which is 10 years past) recently posted a picture to Facebook of her tattoo, it's of the lyrics to a song the chorus of which includes the word "Breathe" but instead it says "Breath". There isn't enough room to put in the second 'e's without making the tattoo look very messy. She plans to get the rest of the song tattooed on, should I point out the mistake now so that they can put in the right spelling or would I look like a big jerk?

Like I said she's a friend of mine from High School and we were really close at the time, but now we're not as close and haven't seen each other for a while. Should I point out the mistake? I'd send it as a private message so that others wouldn't see it, but it could still be humiliating I'm afraid, or I'm worried that she'd take offense that I was pointing out a spelling mistake and not saying how good the tattoo looks. And for the record it looks great, but the misspellings kind of jump out when I see it.

So: Should I tell her that her tattoo is misspelled? Any serious answers would be greatly appreciated.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    I bet if you explained and told her nicely, she would understand. If I were her, I wouldn't take it personally, I would be happier to know if it was misspelled so I could correct it, instead of having it misspelled for as long as it was on my body.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I would say compliment her on her tattoo, tell her it looks great, then say "But I thought Breathe was spelled with an 'e'." Let her know it still looks great.

    I know that if I got a tattoo that was misspelled I would want someone to tell me so I could find out how to fix it. Though it is a little strange that she hasn't already noticed her tattoo is misspelled...

  • 1 decade ago

    Yeah, just say it casually, hey I think that might be spelled wrong? I would definitely appreciate if somebody told me my tattoo was spelled wrong.

  • Yes! But nicely

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