Oiconomia@feddit.de to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoThe metric systemfeddit.deimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1389arrow-down131
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minus-squareskulblaka@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-211 months agoIn 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-up2·11 months agoNo… 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-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months 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-up1·11 months agoOops, good catch! My mobile spell-check tool (swiftkey) seems to miss a lot… no idea why. It never used to do this…
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoOriginally, yes. So were aspirin, heroin, kerosene, hovercraft, linoleum, and a bunch of other common words.
minus-squareBruce@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoThe brand was cazeline, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline#Etymology
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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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…
Originally, yes. So were aspirin, heroin, kerosene, hovercraft, linoleum, and a bunch of other common words.
The brand was cazeline, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline#Etymology