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Firefly
Oct 4, 2005 14:42:03 GMT -5
Post by z on Oct 4, 2005 14:42:03 GMT -5
I tried in vain to find my Firefly boxset today  i'll look harder tomorrow |
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Firefly
Oct 4, 2005 15:38:17 GMT -5
Post by JamesMFan on Oct 4, 2005 15:38:17 GMT -5
You must try harder! It's tzao gao to lose your boxset.
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Firefly
Oct 4, 2005 15:43:39 GMT -5
Post by Spuffy on Oct 4, 2005 15:43:39 GMT -5
What language do they speak on there sometimes? Is it like Chinese or something?!
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Firefly
Oct 4, 2005 15:48:23 GMT -5
Post by z on Oct 4, 2005 15:48:23 GMT -5
YING JAAAAAAAAA!  Its chinese |
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Firefly
Oct 4, 2005 15:51:21 GMT -5
Post by Spuffy on Oct 4, 2005 15:51:21 GMT -5
Why do they speak chinese? It confuses me!
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Firefly
Oct 4, 2005 15:54:11 GMT -5
Post by JamesMFan on Oct 4, 2005 15:54:11 GMT -5
Do you not pay attention, mei-mei?
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Firefly
Oct 4, 2005 15:56:24 GMT -5
Post by Spuffy on Oct 4, 2005 15:56:24 GMT -5
I do pay attention! I just don't know Chinese!
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Firefly
Oct 4, 2005 15:57:52 GMT -5
Post by JamesMFan on Oct 4, 2005 15:57:52 GMT -5
No, but you should know why they use it.
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Firefly
Oct 4, 2005 16:00:08 GMT -5
Post by Spuffy on Oct 4, 2005 16:00:08 GMT -5
I don't know why they use it. They like randomly throw it in every now and then. And there's a bunch of stuff written in Chinese too!
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Firefly
Oct 4, 2005 16:03:37 GMT -5
Post by JamesMFan on Oct 4, 2005 16:03:37 GMT -5
It's because the Alliance is made up of the two "most powerful countries in the world" - America and China. When Unification day happened, those two countries merged to form the Alliance.
That's why they put a lot of Chinese things in, because we're led to believe that everyone is taught both English AND Chinese. There's also stuff from other cultures too but those are the most prominent ones.
The Alliance flag is a mixture of the American and Chinese flags from our history.
...phew. History over.
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Firefly
Oct 4, 2005 16:05:32 GMT -5
Post by Spuffy on Oct 4, 2005 16:05:32 GMT -5
And HOW was I supposed to know that??? They haven't said that! All I've known is that the inner planets unified to form the Alliance! That's what I've been led to believe!
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Firefly
Oct 4, 2005 16:07:37 GMT -5
Post by JamesMFan on Oct 4, 2005 16:07:37 GMT -5
I guess I'm just smarter than you. |
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Firefly
Oct 4, 2005 16:08:37 GMT -5
Post by Spuffy on Oct 4, 2005 16:08:37 GMT -5
When do they even speak the word "China"? I haven't heard it! If things end up like that for real I ain't speaking no Chinese! |
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Firefly
Oct 4, 2005 16:13:31 GMT -5
Post by JamesMFan on Oct 4, 2005 16:13:31 GMT -5
Well, there is no "China" in the series, is there? Because Ancient Earth (our Earth) doesn't even exist anymore and they wouldn't call it that anymone. Everywhere is "united" hence "UNIFICATION". Border planets have their own names, but there are thousands of them, there is no "China" or "America" or any of that.
I'd love to learn Chinese. It's such a beautiful and unusual language and far more interesting and more widely used than English.
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Firefly
Oct 4, 2005 16:17:04 GMT -5
Post by Spuffy on Oct 4, 2005 16:17:04 GMT -5
Chinese is too odd for me. I'll stick to my Spanish and French. Possibly German someday..hmmm... Well, they could say China still! Just because it isn't around doesn't mean they don't know what it used to be called! They could say like... "Back in the days of China..." |
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i'll look harder tomorrow 
