abcdefg Posted March 4, 2015 at 12:45 AM Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 at 12:45 AM Anybody who spends much time on the Chinese internet been running into "duang1?" Interesting story: A newly minted word. http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=17913 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/11446237/New-Chinese-character-threatens-to-break-the-internet.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liuzhou Posted March 4, 2015 at 01:40 AM Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 at 01:40 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted March 4, 2015 at 01:58 AM Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 at 01:58 AM The question is (and I suspect the answer is no), will this character catch on permanently, and will it be included in the typable character set? I suspect this fad will very quickly blow over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelove Posted March 4, 2015 at 02:08 AM Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 at 02:08 AM There's actually a massive backlog of Unicode CJK character set additions right now - the IRG is way behind schedule on the planned CJK Unified Extension E and Extension F - so while this would be a longshot at any time, it's even more of one now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooironic Posted March 4, 2015 at 04:37 AM Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 at 04:37 AM Does anyone else find it strange that Language Log blocks users in mainland China from reading its articles? Suffice to say, I only read the Telegraph piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
li3wei1 Posted March 4, 2015 at 06:41 AM Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 at 06:41 AM Oh, please. Don't they have enough characters already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted March 4, 2015 at 08:04 AM Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 at 08:04 AM Does anyone else find it strange that Language Log blocks users in mainland China Does language log block users or does the GFW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiaokaka Posted March 4, 2015 at 10:40 AM Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 at 10:40 AM Language log is not blocked by the GFW (at least not for me, but it has been very slow recently). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liuzhou Posted March 4, 2015 at 12:13 PM Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 at 12:13 PM Not blocked here either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted March 4, 2015 at 12:38 PM Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 at 12:38 PM In any case, I'm not likely to use "duang" very much since I'm unable to type it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooironic Posted March 5, 2015 at 12:22 AM Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 at 12:22 AM Well, for some reason everytime I try to access it in mainland China it comes up with a message saying "You are banned". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted March 5, 2015 at 01:15 AM Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 at 01:15 AM Perhaps they were getting a lot of spam from someone who used the same IP address that you are now using and so they banned the IP (or a range of IP addresses). I'd send them an email about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallcity Posted March 20, 2015 at 07:25 PM Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 at 07:25 PM From what I saw of Chan's shampoo commercial, "Duang" is the effect the shampoo had on his hair. Like, before the shampoo, his hair was flat. After the shampoo, it had a lot of volume, very puffy, his hair was like "duauauauang." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted March 21, 2015 at 12:43 AM Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 at 12:43 AM I haven't seen anybody using "duang" in the last few weeks. This fad appears to be fading out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted March 21, 2015 at 04:55 AM Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 at 04:55 AM This fad appears to be fading out. That was fast. Faster than young stylish women's clothing fashions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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