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Reminder: Dang stands for “Dan G.” (seems like a lot of people don’t realize that!)
by eddyg 4y ago
Reminder: Dang stands for “Dan G.” (seems like a lot of people don’t realize that!)
- tastysandwich 4y agoI must admit, for a very long time I thought he was Vietnamese, as Dang is a Vietnamese name. Interestingly, I'm finding it hard to shake that initial visual image, even though I know it's wrong. Brains are weird.
- xen2xen1 4y agoYes, same for many years.
- dsunds 4y agoSame. An unconscious bias buster. And truly, thank you. Rock solid. Steady hand.
- do_anh_tu 4y agoSpecially if you are a Vietnamese like me. Still see him as Đăng
- dang 4y agoIt would be my honor. But the origins of the name are (1) it's my first name plus initial; (2) it was my email address at my first job; and (3) it's what you say when you make a mistake, which I knew there would be a lot of. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7494093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7494093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7494440 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7494440 bonus credit to DonHopkins https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18513120 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18513120
- berkeleyjunk 4y agoI always thought it was 3)
- ChrisArchitect 4y agoDang, because of the lowercase g I've always read it as Dang and said it with a twang in my head.
- mdp2021 4y ago> ['dang': ] (3) it's what you say when you make a mistake For the philologist, from around 1780, The chapter of accidents: a comedy by Sophia Lee. > Jacob: Dang it, doan't I zeay, I'll tell thee present... > dang it, I thought at first I ha' zwounded... https://archive.org/details/chapteraccident00leegoog/page/n40/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/chapteraccident00leegoog/page/n4... ...But I also immediately think of Gary Larson.
- dang 4y agoWow. 18th century philology FTW! How on earth did you find that?
- mdp2021 4y ago> How on earth My friend, have you noticed in these few years that I believe in particular attention to words? :) It was pretty easy: Etymonline, which is part of my few core references as "dictionary of meaning" (as opposed to "dictionary of use"), gives the first clues at https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=dang https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=dang . Then I looked for the original text and checked the details.
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- code_devil 4y agoI had no idea either and had a similar visual image of @dang. I just had to google and find his full name and a picture to put a face to the name :)
- mdp2021 4y ago> and a picture I thought it was the only picture not published on YC and kept private.
- tomcam 4y agoPrecisely the same for me after, what, a decade? Plus my spouse is Asian and I always subvocalize his name to a pitched language, so I’m just screwed. “Dan Gackle” sounds too… alien
- beezle 4y agoYou mean its not him trying to get around momma's no cursing rule? ;)
- martyvis 4y agoWell I guess "FFFF" might be what you utter when you are about to curse after hammering your thumb and you just see Mum around the corner.
- marak830 4y agoI see it as two ways: Dan G - his name and Dangit, what stupid thing did I say for him to tell me for about now.