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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.




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