Becks' New Tat: Say What?

Posted Mar 17th 2008 1:55PM by TMZ Staff

David Beckham airs out his hot abs and shows off some new body art. Becks and the rest of the LA Galaxy were in Dallas playing a sold-out charity game against FC Dallas.

We're not sure what kind of writing Becks has scribbled on him (Buddhist? Japanese? Buddha-nese?) or what the heck it says. Any guesses?

UPDATE: TMZ's resident Asian orthography expert reveals that the ink is comprised of cursive Chinese characters, the first of which means "life," and another of which means long life. There are several characters meaning "wealth." All in all, something along the lines of Becks being rich for a real long time. Yeah, that seems about right.

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16. It says muhammad was a child molester in farsi!

Posted at 2:23PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Abe

17. "Use no hooks"

Posted at 2:23PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Lucy Phoenix

18. Yes. It says,"I'm an uneducated chav and I tattoo myself because I want to look like a hardened criminal." He lowers his marketability with each trip to the tat parlor.

And if it's true that Katie Holmes told Posh that tattoos are "trashy," then I say good for Katie. We Americans don't need to take our cues from such as these Beckhams.When his contract expires, I hope they go back home. They have failed to wow us or make a big impression. Go back to England where they actually appreciate these 2.

Posted at 2:24PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Carolyn (Abernathy)

19. He drew it on himself with his right hand using a Sharpie. He was trying to write, "Help me. She's a monster."

Posted at 2:25PM on Mar 17th 2008 by RayOfSunshine

20. It say, "I'm totally hot until I open my mouth, and lisp with a girlish squeak."

Posted at 2:31PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Sam

21. It says " The difference between a Traveller, and a Visitor, Are many.

Posted at 2:32PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Dolly Llamahahaha

22. When I get old and lazy I won't have to bathe as much as everyone will just think it's my tattoo.
When he's trim, it says 'feed me'.
When old and fat, it expands and says, 'don't feed me.'

Posted at 2:32PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Swami.

23. That's just his UPC code. When Victoria wants to spend money, she just runs HIM through the slot. It's quicker.

Posted at 2:36PM on Mar 17th 2008 by LightBulb.

24. It says I'm an idiot married to an ugly bitch! Who cares about him. He has no talent and he is not that good looking!

Posted at 2:38PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Duh

25. It says, “I took 250 million of the Galaxy’s money and all they got was a washed up midfielder.”

Posted at 2:44PM on Mar 17th 2008 by DesignGuy65

26. it says, "i may be goodlooking but i am still a jerk who permanently defaces his body with silly scribbles."

Posted at 2:46PM on Mar 17th 2008 by el polacko

27. could be some kind of buddhist mantra. the first letter means 'live", the forth one means 'life", the fifth one means 'wealth, fortune" and the sixth one means"light". other letters are also written in chinese/japanese kanji (very popular among inkers) but i can't figure out. :)

Posted at 2:46PM on Mar 17th 2008 by j

28. Hey morons, a Buddhist is a person that follows the teachings of Buddha, it's not a language.

Posted at 2:47PM on Mar 17th 2008 by WTF

29. It translates to -- my agent said it not only looks cool, but could help corner the asian market on endorsements. This guy would tatoo a nike swoosh on his forhead if it wasn't so obvious he was the worlds biggest sellout.

Posted at 2:47PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Dupes

30. "Buddhist" is a religion, not a language. You guys at TMZ are morons. That's like saying "Is that English or Catholic? Catholish?" Ha ha HA! Catholish! We are SO WITTY!!" I don't know what it says, but they're Chinese characters.

Posted at 2:49PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Amy

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