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minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoOriginally, yes. So were aspirin, heroin, kerosene, hovercraft, linoleum, and a bunch of other common words.
minus-squareBruce@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoThe brand was cazeline, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline#Etymology
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months agoIt 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-up1·11 months agoOops, 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…