Am I the only one bothered by

[Ptah]

a car being called KIA?

Killed in action (KIA) is a casualty classification
generally used by militaries to describe the deaths
of their own combatants at the hands of hostile forces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_in_action

[ValidateThis]

1. Koreans don't need to observe English acronyms

Wikipedia is your friend: “According to Kia Motors, the name "Kia" derives from the Sino-Korean characters "ki" (起, "to come out&quot and "a" (亞, which stands for (East) Asia), it is roughly translated as "to come out of the east."“

Kia was founded in 1944.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Are you as upset by Moab, Utah?

GBU-43/B MOAB

[Ptah]

4. KIA reminds me of a couple of classmates

[Harker]

3. I noticed that, too.

I once successfully completed a Sunday NYT crossword by supplying KIA as a mil. stat sharing the initial letter with KPH for speedo. reading.

The answer key had an M where I put the K.

[ValidateThis]

5. KIA acronyms

KIA stands for
Killed in Action
Killed-in-Action
Kuwait Investment Authority
Keep It Away
Know It All
Know-it-All
Know It Alls
Kabul International Airport
Kuwait International Airport
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Kempegowda International Airport
Kenya Institute of Administration
Kligler Iron Agar
Kamuzu International Airport
Kesehatan Ibu Anak
Killed In Accident
Komisi Informasi Aceh
Kartu Identitas Anak
Kent International Airport
Kilimanjaro International Airport
Killed In Assembly
Kills In Accidents
Kliger iron agar
Korean Industrial Accident
Kotoka International Airport
Kuching International Airport
Kansai International Airport
Kennedy International Airport
Kentucky Infrastructure Authority
Kesehatan Ibu & Anak
Khwarizmi International Award
Kick It Again
Kick It Around
Kigali International Airport
Killed In Ambush
Kill in Action
King's Indian Attack
Kitikmeot Inuit Association
Kivalliq Inuit Association
Knowledge Intensive Activities
Korangi Industrial Area
Kachin Independence Army
Kachin Independent Army
Kalibo International Airport
Kaohsiung International Airport
Kappa Index of Agreement
Kazakhstani International Arbitrage
Keiner ist Alberner
Kenya Investment Authority
Kenyatta International Airport
Kesehatan Ibu, Anak
Khartoum International Airport
Kibbutz Industries Association
killed in accidents
Kills In Accident
Killing In Action
Kindness In Action
Kirby Ian Andersen
Kitakyushu International Association
Kiwi International Air Lines
KIA stands for
Kiwi International Air Lines
Kligler's Iron Agar
KNOWLEDGE INITIATIVE ON AGRICULTURE
Knowledge Investment Agenda
Koby International Academy
Korean Institute of Architects
Kosovo Independence Army
Kuki Independent Army
Kunming International Academy
Kuwaiti Investment Authority
Kwinana Industrial Area
K2 için araba
K3 Için araba
Kaieteur International Airport
Kandahar International Airport
kann ich auch
Kapal Ikan Asing
Katunayake International Airport
Keep In Asia
Keep it American
Keine Internationale Anerkennung
Kenan Institute Asia
Keresztyén Ismeretterjesztő Alapítvány
Key Issues Analysis
Kia in Antioch
Kicked Its Ass
Kids in Action
Killers In Action
Kitab-i-Aqdas
Kiwi International Airlines
Kliger's Iron Agar
Knots indicated airspeed
Knowledge in Action
Kompetisi Inovasi Agroteknologi
Korea's Imported Accident
Korean Idiot's Attempt
Koreans In America
Kosovo Intelligence Agency
Kristent Interkulturelt Arbeid
Kuching International Airport's

There’s more!

You get the picture.....

by https://www.allacronyms.com/KIA/



by h

[Ptah]

7. KIA reminds me of a couple of classmates

that didn't return from SE Asia

[ValidateThis]

8. Well that's sad

But that’s an accident of history. Kia Motors was founded before you lost your friends and its name is an Anglicized representation of Chinese characters. It’s hard to imagine a scenario where they’d have to take the feelings of a few triggered people into account when they sell tens of millions of cars worldwide to people who speak hundreds of languages where “KIA” as an acronym is meaningless. Or means something else like the Kazakhstan Intelligence Agency.

The name “Jeep” actually derives from a US military acronym.

[Ptah]

10. I'm not advocating KIA change their name.

I'm just commenting on how jarring it is to see KIA.

[ValidateThis]

17. Understood

and I’m sorry for your loss.

[saidsimplesimon]

6. NO

[billh58]

9. What's in a name...?

What does Kia mean?

The name Kia is of Persian origin.

The meaning of Kia is "the kings, royal".

It is also of Swedish origin, where its meaning is "follower of Christ".

Kia is used as both a boys and girls name.

It consists of 3 letters and 2 syllables and is pronounced Ki-a.

http://www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-Kia.html

[Ptah]

11. To me it means Killed In Action

[ProudLib72]

12. Hadn't thought of it that way, but "KIA Soul" seems particularly bad now

[Kali]

13. yikes

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I own

[Ptah]

14. I remember your car.

I hold no animosity towards anyone who owns one.

[Kali]

16. I feel the same about souls

[Ptah]

18. I am reminded of Bertha Venation.

She went to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and
made pencil rubbings for me.

[Kali]

19. I wonder how she is doing.

I saw her once in a while on somebody's facebook page, but now I don't remember who and I don't go too often.

[democratisphere]

15. I prefer "Know It All" mobile.