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Sat Jul 01, 2006 18:59 pm Two actions: Names? (forms of a form of kowtowing)

Yankee wrote:

Those two (Jamie) K-words sound like "super-hero comic book English" to me. Wink

Kersplat! Kaboom! Laughing

Of course, you know very well that Americans everywhere frequently use the words "kablooey", "kerpow" and "kaboom", along with "kersplat" for when soft things smash and splatter beyond recognition. I often wonder where this "ka-" or "ker-" prefix comes from; maybe it came off the word kaput.

Once in a store I saw a cereal called Kaboom and was disappointed to see that it was a children's cereal. I think the name is more appropriate to a high-fiber cereal.

And, of course, in the economic sphere we have the word "ka-ching", which is used even by people too young to have heard a cash register make that noise.

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Sat Jul 01, 2006 19:14 pm Two actions: Names? (forms of a form of kowtowing)

Hi Jamie (K) Yes, I'd thought of a possible "kaput connection", too. What about possibly an evolution of the word "go"? Go boom => Kaboom Amy _________________ Amy . ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

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Sat Jul 01, 2006 19:14 pm Two actions: Names? (forms of a form of kowtowing)

Jamie (K) wrote:

Once in a store I saw a cereal called Kaboom and was disappointed to see that it was a children's cereal. I think the name is more appropriate to a high-fiber cereal.

I would also suggest 'Kersplash' for a high fibre cereal brand -- in a fiction world, though!!

(I hope I'm not offending anyone's sensibilities!)

PS: Tom must be wondering how 'his' thread could have degenerated into this!

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