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Old 04-13-2005, 09:55 AM
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If I may give some background on the Chinese characters and what the meaning is. The characters are Gui Lao; it is a phrase in Mandarin that translates "White Devil". (Gwaaa- long "A" like the month of May with a "Gw" in the front. Lao- short "A" in the bow, like "the bow of a ship") Now I have to be honest, it is something of a very light weight racial slur. It is akin to you guys calling me a "cracker". Well, I have lived as the 1 in a hundred million minority for so long that I call myself gui lao. If someone calls me racist, they can walk in my moccasins for 6 years and see how that is.

OK, this actually has meaning. I am forever poking fun at myself and other white folks when I see them in China; saying things like "gui lao said so" or "gui lao wants a Coke without ice" etc...

I can not drive in China- it is illegal and dangerous, so I have a couple of drivers. The senior driver is a good man and has followed the Camaro RS project for the last 4 years. He asked me the name of the car and since I knew it would be white, I said gui lao. For a long time I have had an "RS" grille emblem on my desk at work, Lu picked up on this and plugged it in with the offhand comment. Thus the name; Gui Lao RS - White Devil.
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