Oiconomia@feddit.de to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoThe metric systemfeddit.deimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down131
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minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoOriginally, yes. So were aspirin, heroin, kerosene, hovercraft, linoleum, and a bunch of other common words.
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year 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-up1·1 year 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-up2·1 year 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