There seems to be a resurgence of clothes carrying words and phrases that should be translated a little better. Last winter I had seen a jacket with a patch saying “F-ing cold” (the whole F, of course) and the other day there was a guy on the train wearing a shirt that called him a bitch.

I’m told that English on clothes is “cool”, and I guess ignorance is bliss. I wonder what people would say if they found out their clothing was making fun of them, though.

That said, I’d still love to make a line of t-shirts for English-speaking countries that focuses on hirigana, katakana and kanji. I’d have things like “baka” and “aho” written all over them, and people would think it cool because there are no Roman characters