@Dusty: I believe splat was just following the ongoing trend. Where the fork is that guy, any way? He hardly ever visits us anymore.
In more OT chatter: Do we really need both the letter "k" and "c"? Why not one or the other? I think there was once talk of abandoning one of the letters, but I forgot which articles they were. I'm sure they were bull-crap, though. And isn't it mind blowing, that humans can only make sounds associated with the alphabet? The first time I realized this, I felt so...limited.
Yes, we do need them.
K always makes a hard sound whereas C does not always.
Cake vs. Cace. You would pronounce the second "case".
There's also the "Ch" sound.
I find it extremely unlikely that there was any talk of removing one of those letters. For starters, nobody has the authority to do that, and second it's totally impracticle.