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Also gas which can either be petrol or natural gas.
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.
Originally, yes. So were aspirin, heroin, kerosene, hovercraft, linoleum, and a bunch of other common words.
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...
The brand was cazeline, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline#Etymology
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.
Can also be a state of matter.
Or a digestion issue
Or a great time
I find this one funny, and it's a great response to the above. Petroleum is an unrefined product. It makes no sense for the Brits to call gasoline by that name.