Bonobashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We needn't go so far away from Wolfsburg as all that; even in > Georgian England, the phaeton was the equivalent of the Aston > Martin, the latter-day cad's make-out vehicle.
Indeed. The names for many modern automobiles are based on terminology
for various styles of horse drawn carriages from centuries ago. The
other source of naming that amuses me is classes sailing ships
("Corvette", etc).
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Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
