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What's up with the British calling refined gasoline "petrol"? It's not even an abbreviation for the word, it's a totally different material? You don't go callin
by SAI_Peregrinus 6mo ago
What's up with the British calling refined gasoline "petrol"? It's not even an abbreviation for the word, it's a totally different material? You don't go calling refined aluminium "bauxite", but you do call gasoline "petrol".
We're both wrong. It's a liquid at room temperature, and it's called not petroleum.
- whynotmaybe 6mo agoYes, we all know the French are right on this one by calling it "essence"
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- wongarsu 6mo agoSeems cromulent to me. One of the common meanings of essence is "a product of distillation" (compare e.g. essential oils - oils won through steam distillation). And gasoline is won through fancy distillation
- wongogue 6mo agoDo you call water “steam juice”?