Oiconomia@feddit.de to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoThe metric systemfeddit.deimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1391arrow-down130
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minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoOriginally, yes. So were aspirin, heroin, kerosene, hovercraft, linoleum, and a bunch of other common words.
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years agoIt 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-up1·2 years agoOops, good catch! My mobile spell-check tool (swiftkey) seems to miss a lot… no idea why. It never used to do this…
minus-squareBruce@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoThe brand was cazeline, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline#Etymology
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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…
The brand was cazeline, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline#Etymology