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To: SIer formerly known as Joe B. who wrote (29550)10/17/2003 12:06:14 PM
From: Karen Lawrence  Read Replies (1) of 62549
 
Slang crosses up GM

By MARYANNA LEWYCKYJ, TORONTO SUN


It's game over for the Buick LaCrosse in Canada. A General Motors executive yesterday admitted that the future Buick model -- which is set to debut late next year -- will be re-named in Canada after GM learned LaCrosse is a Quebec slang term for masturbation.

The new mid-size sedan, which will replace the Buick Regal, will still go by the name LaCrosse in the U.S.

GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz, who was in Toronto yesterday to address a gathering of GM dealers, said he wasn't aware of LaCrosse's racy roots although he speaks French and spent three years living in Paris.
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