On 14 March 2010 22:31, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > From: Miserere >> >> I was once at a petrol station (why would you call it "gas" if it's >> liquid!?!?!?) > > Gas is short-hand for gasoline. > > First there was kerosene, which you call paraffin for some odd reason, then > came gasoline. But saying the whole word takes too long, and Americans are > in a hurry to get things done. > > I think the only reason kerosene didn't get shortened to "kero" was people > were afraid they'd get confused & put it on pancakes by mistake.
It's shortened to kero here in .au. DS -- 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.
