On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 05:52:41PM -0800, Mark S Bilk wrote:
>On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 12:31:23AM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>>...

>Lisi,
>
>In another message you seemed to associate the word "kool" 
>with the substitution of "u" for "you" by "the youth-aspiring 
>middle-aged".  

>That leaves "Ka".

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

I don't recall hearing anyone pronounce "car" as "ka" (although 
someone with a New England accent might do it).  And I think that 
when I read I do not "hear" the words; I just get their meaning.

So it took me until an hour ago to realize that the name "Ka" 
for a car might be some corporate slug's idea of "clever" 
language corruption.  I don't know if it's intended to be 
youth-aspiring or not.    

Subsequent examination of the Wikipedia page reveals that 
additional models of the car were produced called "StreetKa" 
and "SportKa".  

This is a rather nasty thing to do to a word that means the 
"vital spark" of the soul.  Perhaps that's something that 
corporate types lack.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_concept_of_the_soul#Ka_.28vital_spark.29

OK, nobody needs to write in and explain this to me.
And Lisi, I agree with you!

Mark