EPTOrigin of Jaedongs Nickname "The Dong" - Page 2
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Lokian
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Riiaider
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UniversalSnip
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On July 21 2013 09:33 waffelz wrote: After watching Dreamhack Valencia and checking Liquipedia afterwards, what I've feared did come true - "The Dong" is an widely accepted Nickname of Jaedong. What I couldnt find is which caster gave him the nickname or who is responsible for its grown use. I searched the forum without a answer to this and - shame on me - I refused to google "origion of The Dong" etc. ... please forgive me dear mods but I think you understand. Many progamers have interesting IDs, yet Jaedong stands out by choosing his own name as ID (even though he uses his initial). Force a nickname upon someone/ belittle their name is in many cultiures considered as disrespectfull, unless you related to that person by family bounds/friendship or something around those lines. In sports or competitive scenes in general this isnt the case. Players/athletes get nicknames that often highlight a certain skill/move/attribute or achievement of the player/athlete and are taken as some sort of compliment in general. Now back to "the Dong". I dont see how the stated uses of nicknames in competitive scenes applys to "the Dong" - Jaedong is no pornstar even some of you wish so. This reminds me of a case regarding aglicisms I discussed with my students where the "Jugendamt der Diözese Speyer" (yound wellfare office of the diocese of Speyer) translated the "ökumenische Christfest 2000" to "The Great Ding Dong" and got mocked for it. To get to my point: "The Dong" might be the single worst nickname for a SC2-player that exists (ang gets used by casters) and I want to know who came up with it. I am also interested how this name sounds to you native english people. Note: Origin of the name is the thing I am most interested. - who came up with it EDIT: Gunther - Ding Dong Song. Just search it on youtube if you dont know about this "masterpiece"... credits go to onPHYRE for bringing up this piece of long repressed memory. tbh the fact that you are in such agony over this makes it really funny. | ||
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HandA711
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mainerd
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waffelz
Germany711 Posts
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lichter
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aZealot
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eXwOn
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Luepert
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lolmlg
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On July 21 2013 09:59 mainerd wrote: I bet a lot of progamers wish they were popular enough for a well known nickname ~_~ Ok from now JYP is "the Pee". That's really funny, right? People can say things like "Flash is gonna be choking on Pee tonight" or "Woongjin got Pee'd on". | ||
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waffelz
Germany711 Posts
On July 21 2013 10:07 lolmlg wrote: Ok from now JYP is "the Pee". That's really funny, right? People can say things like "Flash is gonna be choking on Pee tonight" or "Woongjin got Pee'd on". Still better for flash then replacing "pee" with "dong" ;-) | ||
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Hoon
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Mystery solved. | ||
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lichter
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On July 21 2013 10:07 lolmlg wrote: Ok from now JYP is "the Pee". That's really funny, right? People can say things like "Flash is gonna be choking on Pee tonight" or "Woongjin got Pee'd on". Doesn't make as much sense because nearly anybody can be "P" while there can only be one Dong. Part of it is the uniqueness of the syllable. The only alternative is DRG, but the Dong nickname never stuck with him | ||
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lolmlg
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On July 21 2013 10:10 lichter wrote: Doesn't make as much sense because nearly anybody can be "P" while there can only be one Dong. Part of it is the uniqueness of the syllable. The only alternative is DRG, but the Dong nickname never stuck with him Sure is jumping through mental hoops furiously around here. | ||
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anrimayu
United States875 Posts
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lolmlg
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On July 21 2013 10:12 anrimayu wrote: Now that Dreamhack is over, let's find random and pointless things to get offended about. That should entertain us until next event! But there's always an event. Don't you remember the OVERSATURATION? | ||
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waffelz
Germany711 Posts
On July 21 2013 10:12 anrimayu wrote: Now that Dreamhack is over, let's find random and pointless things to get offended about. That should entertain us until next event! I am not offended, I am curious. | ||
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
On July 21 2013 09:52 lolmlg wrote: Whoever came up with it, it probably predates the casting careers of any of the casters who worked at Valencia. Probably not Artosis though. It probably predated most of the production crew or eSports personalities though. | ||
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wcLLg
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