Non-U.S. UA Players (was Re: Re[2]: [UA] This sonuvabitch has really done it)

Tom McGrenery 114360 at soas.ac.uk
Thu Mar 20 19:49:17 PST 2003


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>It's funny that the word "Tonzhi" in Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese,
>equivalent to "comrade,"is not used much these days except as derogatory
>Cantonese Hong Kong slang for "homosexual."

Same meaning in northern Chinese, actually. Though it's "tongzhi", to be 
picky.

You find "tongzhi jiuba" every so often.




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