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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
Yes, but I don't get the reference...I must have missed something.
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I think Raellus is referring to the fact that in the
Firefly universe the two dominant cultures are American and Chinese. According to Joss Whedon's backstory that was because when humans left the Sol system in slower-than-light generation ships and settled the system that
Firefly takes place in, the governments of the USA and China had merged to form a single world government as it was the only way to take on such a massive undertaking. And that's why when characters in
Firefly swear they swear in Mandarin or Cantonese.