On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 07:17:57PM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> The K was originally suggested to stand for "Kool", but it was >> decided that the K should stand for nothing in particular. > >Because of the horror that suggestion would have produced in some of us. >I _could_ not have used something called "Kool". > >> 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. The word "Kool" has many meanings, but none seems particularly horrifying: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool Lisi, would you please explain why it bothers you and the others of whom you speak? >Mind you, the Ford Ka still seems to be selling. But not to me. OK, now I'm really confused. The horror of "kool" might be due to a dislike of language corruption. But what's wrong with "Ka"? It has many different meanings, some of them thousands of years old: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka It was part of the ancient Egyptian idea of the soul: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_concept_of_the_soul#Ka_.28vital_spark.29 Maybe it was borrowed by the Vulcans (or vice-versa) as "katra": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_%28Star_Trek%29#Katra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surak Lisi, please explain why "Ka" is repulsive to you and others. Please use terms that don't require readers to have your particular mental/cultural/ethnic context (whatever that might be). Thanks! Mark