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?
>> >
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>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),
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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
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