Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1905 — Hard Name For the Automobile. [ARTICLE]

Hard Name For the Automobile.

Flemish has enriched its vocabulary by a new word for autom jbile. It comes from “snel,” rapid; “paardeloos,” horseless; “zoondeerspoorweg,” without rails; •‘petroolrijtuig,” driven by petroleum. How would would you like to be hit by a “anelpaardelooezoondeerspor wegpetroolrijtuig?”