--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Nicholas Bodley" <nbodley@...> wrote:

>
> On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:47:48 -0400, Marco Cimarosti
> <marco_cimarosti@...> wrote a nice message, including:
>
> > I wonder how many Greek and Russian customers believe that the

company's

> > name is a grim "Kill". :-)
>
> I've had the same thought for some time, seeing the logo and saying

"Kil"

> to myself sotto voce.

I say it to myself that way as well.

As Adecco displays its name with a final medial sigma, I tend to read
its name as a drawled 'Adex'.

Richard.