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Ptah

(33,820 posts)
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:34 AM Jun 18

When you see KIA, what comes to mind? Edited to add a third choice

Last edited Wed Jun 18, 2025, 01:41 AM - Edit history (1)


9 votes, 5 passes | Time left: Unlimited
An automobile
7 (78%)
A high school classmate
1 (11%)
A family member
1 (11%)
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When you see KIA, what comes to mind? Edited to add a third choice (Original Post) Ptah Jun 18 OP
Killed in Action. sinkingfeeling Jun 18 #1
Me too! Immediately came to my mind. Too many during the Vietnam war. Fla Dem Jun 18 #4
Looking back, I see that it was an ill formed poll. Ptah Jun 19 #7
if the options listed were meant as some sort of joke lapfog_1 Jun 18 #2
Not meant as a joke. Ptah Jun 18 #3
Killed in Action. n/t malthaussen Jun 18 #5
I thnk of the car. debm55 Jun 18 #6
It's also a Maori word True Dough Jun 20 #8

Ptah

(33,820 posts)
7. Looking back, I see that it was an ill formed poll.
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 07:17 PM
Jun 19

When I see KIA, I remember two high school classmates.

Killed In Action should have been a choice.

lapfog_1

(31,089 posts)
2. if the options listed were meant as some sort of joke
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:52 AM
Jun 18

There are a number of us that watched the non-descript car with the two men in dress uniform come rolling up the driveway looking for the parents.

now, nearly 60 years later, it still hurts.

True Dough

(23,651 posts)
8. It's also a Maori word
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 10:19 AM
Jun 20

Meaning "when".

Kia oti ngā mahi, ka whakatā tātou. / When the jobs are completed we'll rest.


Disclaimer: That's Google knowledge. Not something I knew before this thread.

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