Oiconomia@feddit.de to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 年前The metric systemfeddit.deimagemessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1391arrow-down130
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minus-squareskulblaka@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 年前In America “gas” is short for gasoline, which is petrol. It’s still shit because our lazy asses do still call both types “gas”, but there is a distinction.
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 年前No… Gas is sort for “gasoline”, which is a refined byproduct of patroleum. Gasoline is “refined petroleum used as fuel for internal combustion engines.” Petrol is short for “patroleum”, which is a product you should never put in your car.
minus-squareBruce@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 年前The brand was cazeline, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline#Etymology
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 年前Originally, yes. So were aspirin, heroin, kerosene, hovercraft, linoleum, and a bunch of other common words.
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 年前It is not. “Gasoline” is what Brits should call the substance they put into their vehicles. Petroleum is not what goes in them, that is just an unrefined version of gasoline. Edit: Petroleum, not patroleum.
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 年前Oops, good catch! My mobile spell-check tool (swiftkey) seems to miss a lot… no idea why. It never used to do this…
In America “gas” is short for gasoline, which is petrol.
It’s still shit because our lazy asses do still call both types “gas”, but there is a distinction.
No… Gas is sort for “gasoline”, which is a refined byproduct of patroleum.
Gasoline is “refined petroleum used as fuel for internal combustion engines.”
Petrol is short for “patroleum”, which is a product you should never put in your car.
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The brand was cazeline, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline#Etymology
Originally, yes. So were aspirin, heroin, kerosene, hovercraft, linoleum, and a bunch of other common words.
It is not. “Gasoline” is what Brits should call the substance they put into their vehicles. Petroleum is not what goes in them, that is just an unrefined version of gasoline.
Edit: Petroleum, not patroleum.
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Oops, good catch! My mobile spell-check tool (swiftkey) seems to miss a lot… no idea why. It never used to do this…