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Old 04-29-2008, 07:18 AM   #16 (permalink)
libertarian0507
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Originally Posted by Martin View Post
I'm a gweilo, aka a white ghost, foreign devil, red haired foreign devil with green eyes... whatever description suits you. In Chinese [mandarin] I would be called a Lao wai which means a "nice" foreigner. Gweilo is not Mandarin but Cantonese... and I insist for the sake of our Lib Sailor:
it's not [no longer] an insult.
"Delay no more" or better in its Canto pronounciation, now, that's a great insult, although not a racially motivated one. (for those who understand). I'm not going to translate it because of the fact that too many young kids are reading/posting here.
Parental control and stuff, you know.
I was not aware that it was no longer an insult, if this is true, I stand corrected. I still hold that China has a history of xenephobia though.
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