Title: Why Do You Hate Riding the Bus, Comrade? Post by: dystopia on June 02, 2010, 12:33:57 PM No more "comrades" on Beijing buses http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100601/od_nm/us_china_comrade Quote BEIJING (Reuters) – China's bus drivers and ticket sellers have been urged to leave communism behind, with a new training manual instructing them to call travelers "sir" or "madam" instead of "comrade," state media reported on Monday. Older Beijingers, a few of whom still wear "Mao suits" that were once a virtual uniform for China's hundreds of millions of citizens, will be exempt from the new ruling. ... A newly released manual for Beijing bus staff suggests forms of address ranging from "student" to the plain "passenger" for younger travelers, for whom comrade has a different gloss, as a slang term for gay. ... (more...) Title: Re: Why Do You Hate Riding the Bus, Comrade? Post by: Spanky on June 02, 2010, 06:06:30 PM Quote as a slang term for gay. comrade stroh. ;D Title: Re: Why Do You Hate Riding the Bus, Comrade? Post by: stroh on June 02, 2010, 06:57:51 PM ^LOL
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