Foreign language used for cursing?
POSTED BY: ArtFull
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 05:35
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Thanks for clearing this up guys. I was about to post a thread asking about this. I knew they were speaking Chinese but I didn't know why because it's never really mentioned in any of the episodes. There. Now I'm no longer wondering about this all the time.
Is it bad that she makes complete sense to me?
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Originally posted by Jasonzzz:
That wasn't my point. What I'm saying is that whatever line of logic and whomever made the assumptions (original and follow-ups) aside, that no one (except for complete idiots) shouldn't be lumping together all of the cultures, countries, people, or anything into one big huge conglomerate and cross referencing them together when we mean to talk about one thing. Is it an assumption or apart of the "known historical timeline" that Chinese is the dominant force or is it all of Asia getting together and forming a super-power (if so, then that bit would be difficult to swallow). If Chinese *is* it, then throwing in this-and-that willy nilly is just completely silly. It can only tell me that there is a complete disregard at the level of the writer on what the different cultures mean and carry with them. Whatever the case, whoever is doing it; I think it's important to know that they are distinct things in different cultures. That these cultures didn't exist as a conglomerate of ideas or motifs to entertain or delight you; they are there (and theirs) to servie as distinctive means to convey the ideas of a people and to identify them with as much as a way to live their lives. Blending them all together into one slurry carries across, at the very least, as saying "I really could careless what country you are from. As long as you fit into the idiotic and romantic notion of what all you *seem* to do"... Just a tad bit ethno-euro-centric...
And it's not just nit-picky to be knowledgeble and understanding about their differences.
Easy up there, partner. Also keep in mind that all the cultures from earth-that-was spent the better part of 2 generations aboard ship, making way to the new solar system. There be a lot o' mixin' goin' on for 40-some years aboard those ships. It is entirely possible (as noted by Joss & evident in the show as well as the movie) that while Chinese is by far the dominant Asian influence, other influences such as Japanese, Indian, Malaysian, Middle Eastern, etc. abound.
Yes, Chinese is dominant, but that does in no way mean that Companions can't be an off-shoot of Geisha. The addvert for Fuity Oaty Bars had English, Chinese & Japanese writing in them. The currency has no less than 4 vastly different languages on it (English, Chinese, Arabic & something else that reminds me of cuneiform, maybe surillic(sp?)). Even the people are a mix by the time we get to peak into the verse. Simon & River look as Caucasian as they come, so do their parents, but they have a Chinese surname, Tam. Joss said anything’s fair game.
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