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Sunday, August 23, 2009 1:34 PM

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"Gorram" was one of Joss' ways of getting the characters to cuss without being censored (cussing in Chinese was the other way). "Gorram" as a replacement for the big G*d*mn


I believe Joss meant to do more than just evading the censors. I strongly believe 'gorram' was supposed to be how actual Chinese folks would pronounce 'god damn'. The sinocized version of the English cuss, as it were; much like 'Godzilla' is the anglicized form of the Japanese 'Gojira'.

Much as I love Firefly, gotta say though, frak and frakkin' work better. :)


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I always liked FRell and Dren myself.

you must be farbots.don't be such a trelk.!!!

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Sunday, August 23, 2009 4:34 PM

you will find, as many browncoats have, that your fav will change many, many times throughout the course of the series

"Haven't you killed me enough for one day ?"
- Mal, War Stories

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Monday, August 24, 2009 8:02 AM

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Originally posted by farscapeman:
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Originally posted by asarian:
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Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:

"Gorram" was one of Joss' ways of getting the characters to cuss without being censored (cussing in Chinese was the other way). "Gorram" as a replacement for the big G*d*mn


I believe Joss meant to do more than just evading the censors. I strongly believe 'gorram' was supposed to be how actual Chinese folks would pronounce 'god damn'. The sinocized version of the English cuss, as it were; much like 'Godzilla' is the anglicized form of the Japanese 'Gojira'.

Much as I love Firefly, gotta say though, frak and frakkin' work better. :)


--
"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam



I always liked FRell and Dren myself.

you must be farbots.don't be such a trelk.!!!

Peacekeeper---keeping order in every verse!!!



lol!!

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Monday, August 24, 2009 12:06 PM

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Originally posted by farscapeman:

I always liked FRell and Dren myself.

you must be farbots.don't be such a trelk.!!!



"In case you haven't noticed, I'm not your kid, I'm not your sister, and I'm only your tralk in your dreams."

(Guess who said that? Hint: it starts with 'Chi' and ends in 'ana')


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Monday, August 24, 2009 2:20 PM

What are you guys talking about?

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Monday, August 24, 2009 2:52 PM

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What are you guys talking about?



Farscape, of course. You'd think that 'farscapeman' and 'peacekeeper' gave it away. :)


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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:01 PM

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Originally posted by peacekeeper:
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Originally posted by farscapeman:

I always liked FRell and Dren myself.

you must be farbots.don't be such a trelk.!!!



"In case you haven't noticed, I'm not your kid, I'm not your sister, and I'm only your tralk in your dreams."

(Guess who said that? Hint: it starts with 'Chi' and ends in 'ana')

Was it Dargo? lol
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:20 PM

Come on Farscapeman,what happened to watching firefly? I'm itching to talk about Shindig!!!!

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Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:49 PM

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Originally posted by asarian:

Farscape, of course. You'd think that 'farscapeman' and 'peacekeeper' gave it away. :)


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Uh sorry, I'm not a Farscape fan. Haven't watched it yet.

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