David F. Darby wrote:
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> On Wed, 12 Feb 1997 19:59:22 -0500 Geoff Love <engconn@infi.net> writes:
> >Leckstein wrote:
> >>
> >> At 10:29 AM 2/11/97 -0800, nolan penney wrote:
>
> >> Jaguar? WHo on
> >> >earth would want a car named after a kitty cat?
> >> >
> snip
> >I hope the references to the names "Spitfire" as a "clapped out
> >airplane" (sic), and the "Jaguar" as a "kitty cat" were meant to be
> >funny, and not born out of abysmal ignorance. A Jaguar is one of
> >the fastest, if not the fastest animals living, an attribute,(speed),
> snip
>
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> The fastest terrestrial animal is indeed a spotted kitty, but it is the
> cheetah! That would have been a purr-fectly good name for an automobile
> or scooter. Wonder why no one used it? Or did they?
>
> David F. Darby
> Hilda, Missouri, USA
Perhaps if they did, for instance, the BMC Cheetah, people would have
started spelling it "cheater".
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