On Sunday 27 December 2015 13:39:19 Michael Howard wrote:
> On 26/12/2015 20:54, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > 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".
> >
> :)
>
> Sorry, don't   get that bit.

You clearly move in educated circles.  "u" for you is one of my pet hates, and 
is used by the youth-aspiring middle-aged to be "cool" - or even "kool" - (and 
also, I believe by some young people)
>
> > Mind you, the Ford Ka still seems to be selling.   But not to me.
>
> To me neither, and not least because of the name!
>
> >>>     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.
>
> I doubt it. Program/application names aren't necessarily meant to make
> sense or be 'real' words and quite frankly, I couldn't care less about a
> name, Kool Desktop Environment is fine by me, just as Klop, Knock,
> Kanything in fact would have been, as long as it worked, but hey, each
> to their own.

You are, of course right.  I am being no more logical or reasonable than the 
person on the Debian who wouldn't use MATE, although it was the perfect 
solution to his problems, because it has a Spanish name.  But faced with a 
list, I would choose another.

> I wasn't have a dig, just a bit of Christmas joviality. 

:-))

> Have a good one.

And you. :-)

Lisi