Communist Audis!

[Ti Kan]

Nope, Hongqi is pronounced like "Hong Chee" in Mandarin and means "Red Flag".
Original, huh?

-Ti

Jim Jordan writes:
> Hi,
> 
> Okay, Hongqi sounds a whole lot like "honkey";  do you think it was their
> way of dissing the big noses?  The guailos?
> 
> 1.  	Guailo (from Urban Dictionary)  	
> 
> Person of Anglo-Saxon/Caucasian descent. Taken from the cantonese
> description of a "white ghost/dead white man". Meant to be used as any other
> racial slur/remark when refering to a person with a white-skinned
> complexion.
> Synonym: Cracker, Honkey, Redneck, etc.
> Antonym(s): Nigger, Spic, Wetback, Chink, slant, etc.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Jim Jordan
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Ti Kan [mailto:ti at amb.org] 
> >Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:07 PM
> >To: Alex Kowalski
> >Cc: j8k3sp00n at gmail.com; cobram at juno.com; 
> >evan at nextgenrealty.com; theringmeister at triad.rr.com; 
> >jlagnese at massed.net; quattro at audifans.com
> >Subject: Re: Communist Audis!
> >
> >Alex Kowalski writes:
> >> It's a little bit sad that the Chinese apparently have manufactured 
> >> several interesting versions of the C3/Type 44 platform that are 
> >> absolutely unavailable in the United States or elsewhere.  
> >But it it's not unexpected.
> >> The Chinese are *hungry*.  Americans, on the other hand, are *fat*.  
> >> Big difference.
> >
> >"Interesting" is indeed an interesting descriptive...
> >In the case of the Hongqi variations of the type 44, I can't 
> >help but feel sick to the stomach looking at the "enhancements"
> >done to them to make them more "stately".  Bleach! :)
> >
> >-Ti
>