On Saturday 26 December 2015 20:44:31 Michael Howard wrote:
> On 26/12/2015 19:17, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Saturday 26 December 2015 18:00:35 Michele Calgaro wrote:
> >> The K was originally suggested to stand for "Kool", but it was
> >
> > *****quickly****
> >
> >> decided that the K should stand for nothing in particular.
> >
> > Because of the horror that suggestion would have produced in some of us.
>
> Who is the rest of 'some of us'?

Do you really want a list?  How long a list?  We are a not small section of 
the population still.  (Note:  I said "you", not "u", as does the majority of 
the people on this list.)  I haven't noticed you saying "u".

Mind you, the Ford Ka still seems to be selling.   But not to me.

>
> >    I
> > _could_ not have used something called "Kool".
>
> Which is probably why they changed their minds.

Quite!!  That is what I was suggesting.  It was, I am sure, very off-putting 
to most of those choosing the name.

Lisi