How is Chinese "damn" spelled anyway?

POSTED BY: NomAnor01
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 02:17
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NOMANOR01

Tuesday, October 19, 2004 6:23 AM

I'm pretty sure when they say goran or goram they are saying "damn" (it fits in every occasion)

But just how exactly is it spelled? I tried all the translation matrix i found on the web but the translated it INTO chinese symbols which doesn't do me a darn bit of good.

Thanks if you can help me and if not, thanks just the same.

PURPLEBELLY

Tuesday, October 19, 2004 6:57 AM

gorram was coined for Firefly.
Previous thread:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=14&t=3442

SOUPCATCHER

Tuesday, October 19, 2004 7:16 AM

Hello NomAnor01. Welcome to fireflyfans.net!

I'm not sure that "gorram" is a word in Mandarin (at least, I couldn't find it listed in Ying's Pinyinary - which doesn't mean much because I didn't look that hard - http://fireflychinese.home.att.net/ ). I always took it as English based slang (like "shiny" or "verse") that was derived from g--damn.

*editted to add: That's what I get for not refreshing the page before I reply . What PurpleBelly said...

There are three kinds of people: fighters, lovers, and screamers.

PURPLEBELLY

Tuesday, October 19, 2004 7:26 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by SoupCatcher:
What PurpleBelly said...

Now that's something you don't hear often

SOUPCATCHER

Tuesday, October 19, 2004 8:52 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by PurpleBelly:
Now that's something you don't hear often

Just remember, I could be a closet supporter of your true-alliance-cell-theory so the endorsement might be suspect.

Nature has infinite variety. Straight lines? Not so much.

BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, October 19, 2004 12:52 PM

Welcome to the site NomAnor01! Glad to have you w/ us.

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SHEPPARD

Tuesday, October 19, 2004 1:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by PurpleBelly:
gorram was coined for Firefly.

It's alternatively spelled gorramn in some of the writers drafts.

NOMANOR01

Tuesday, October 19, 2004 2:20 PM

Thanks Purplebelly and Soupcatcher. I just got the series this week and of course already watched it and am watching it again with my wife.
She wasn't crazy about the first 2 hours episode, but after the next two i think i got her hooked like i did with Smallville.

Thanks for the welcome too, glad to have found something this amazing in a show.. even if it was snuffed out before it's time.

DIETCOKE

Tuesday, October 19, 2004 4:31 PM

Welcome! Glad to have another new comer.

TZEGHA

Wednesday, October 20, 2004 2:17 AM

gorram/goram = god damn