← Back to context Comment by detritus 4 years ago > He’s not of asian descent.What? 3 comments detritus Reply lordnacho 4 years ago I thought he was a Chinese guy until I read an article about him. I'm sure a lot of people thought similarly, that it was one syllable "dang!" rather than Dan-G. sdflhasjd 4 years ago "Dang" is still a common word in English though. It sounds like the article implies it's a common name or something, but Asia is a pretty big place bryanrasmussen 4 years ago >"Dang" is still a common word in English thoughDang is a common euphemism for the swear word damn, https://mashable.com/article/origin-of-swear-words - the euphemism "dang" was first used around 1780.I believe it is also regional and somewhat archaic in use now unless you are real religious and probably also rural.>but Asia is a pretty big placehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dang_(surname)surname in China, Vietnam, Korea, and India.Also apparently in Germany.
lordnacho 4 years ago I thought he was a Chinese guy until I read an article about him. I'm sure a lot of people thought similarly, that it was one syllable "dang!" rather than Dan-G. sdflhasjd 4 years ago "Dang" is still a common word in English though. It sounds like the article implies it's a common name or something, but Asia is a pretty big place bryanrasmussen 4 years ago >"Dang" is still a common word in English thoughDang is a common euphemism for the swear word damn, https://mashable.com/article/origin-of-swear-words - the euphemism "dang" was first used around 1780.I believe it is also regional and somewhat archaic in use now unless you are real religious and probably also rural.>but Asia is a pretty big placehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dang_(surname)surname in China, Vietnam, Korea, and India.Also apparently in Germany.
sdflhasjd 4 years ago "Dang" is still a common word in English though. It sounds like the article implies it's a common name or something, but Asia is a pretty big place bryanrasmussen 4 years ago >"Dang" is still a common word in English thoughDang is a common euphemism for the swear word damn, https://mashable.com/article/origin-of-swear-words - the euphemism "dang" was first used around 1780.I believe it is also regional and somewhat archaic in use now unless you are real religious and probably also rural.>but Asia is a pretty big placehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dang_(surname)surname in China, Vietnam, Korea, and India.Also apparently in Germany.
bryanrasmussen 4 years ago >"Dang" is still a common word in English thoughDang is a common euphemism for the swear word damn, https://mashable.com/article/origin-of-swear-words - the euphemism "dang" was first used around 1780.I believe it is also regional and somewhat archaic in use now unless you are real religious and probably also rural.>but Asia is a pretty big placehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dang_(surname)surname in China, Vietnam, Korea, and India.Also apparently in Germany.
I thought he was a Chinese guy until I read an article about him. I'm sure a lot of people thought similarly, that it was one syllable "dang!" rather than Dan-G.
"Dang" is still a common word in English though. It sounds like the article implies it's a common name or something, but Asia is a pretty big place
>"Dang" is still a common word in English though
Dang is a common euphemism for the swear word damn, https://mashable.com/article/origin-of-swear-words - the euphemism "dang" was first used around 1780.
I believe it is also regional and somewhat archaic in use now unless you are real religious and probably also rural.
>but Asia is a pretty big place
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dang_(surname)
surname in China, Vietnam, Korea, and India.
Also apparently in Germany.