On Mar 13, 2010, at 17:05, Tanya Love wrote: > Hehe, weeeell, I live in Brisvegas aka Brisbane... > > The "gas" thing never made sense to me either? To me "gas" usually has LPG > written in front of it! ;-) We too call them petrol stations, or fuel > stations or service stations, cause they are places that we go to to "fuel > up". >
Thanks to WikiAnswers: "Petroleum gas oil was one of the early "generic" names given to automotive engine fuels by scientists. As always, everyday use meant that it quickly got shortened: in Europe the Brits and Irish adopted the petroleum part of "petroleum gas oil", which naturally got shortened to just petrol. In Canada and the US they adopted the gas oil part, initially naming the fuel gasoline, which naturally got shortened to just gas." You're all quite welcome. I'll be here all week! Try the veal. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
