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The metric system(feddit.de)

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skulblaka@kbin.social
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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.

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Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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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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Malgas@beehaw.org
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Originally, yes. So were aspirin, heroin, kerosene, hovercraft, linoleum, and a bunch of other common words.

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Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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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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Bruce@lemmy.ml
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petroleum

ftfy

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Bruce@lemmy.ml
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The brand was cazeline, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline#Etymology

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