Kindle: To catch fire; burst into flame

[Duer 157099]

Suddenly I resent Amazon. I never made the connection to the naming of their electronic reading device, to the actual burning of books.

Or am I making much ado about nothing?

[Canuckistanian]

1. "To kindle the imagination"

Is another use of the word.

[Taverner]

2. ...or you'll be using this as Kindling wood after its obsolete....

[backscatter712]

3. I was half expecting a news story about defective Amazon Kindles catching fire... n/t

[Boojatta]

4. You will feel better after you vote in my poll.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9103670

[Duer 157099]

5. Hah, that's funny, I didn't see that

All this talk of book burning just finally made me see this name in another light.

[mikeytherat]

6. A "kindle" is also a group of kittens, for what it's worth.

mikey_the_rat

[Drale]

7. I think

they ment it more in a way as in they wanted reading to "catch fire" as in get popular.

[guardian]

8. I doubt it was intentional.

No conspiracy. Just marketing crap. Some decision liked it best out of the presented choices.