Oiconomia@feddit.de to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 年前The metric systemfeddit.deimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1391arrow-down131
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minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 年前Originally, yes. So were aspirin, heroin, kerosene, hovercraft, linoleum, and a bunch of other common words.
minus-squareBruce@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 年前The brand was cazeline, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline#Etymology
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 年前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.
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 年前Oops, good catch! My mobile spell-check tool (swiftkey) seems to miss a lot… no idea why. It never used to do this…
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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
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…