2006-11-11 05:03:05 · 19 answers · asked by funkygreyhound 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
UK - petrol
USA - gasoline, gas, fuel
UK - gas
USA - gas (farts, burps)
2006-11-11 06:11:22 · answer #1 · answered by soren 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lover - you'll never hear an Australian say "Put another shrimp on the barbie" either. We ROFL when we hear Yanks say that. EDIT: P'rushim - We don't call a pond a billabong. We call ponds, ponds. A billabong is either an oxbow lake formed when a loop of a waterway is cut off from the main stream or a largish pool of water left when a waterway partly dries up. Samuel - Why is a contraction of the word 'gasoline' more correct than a contraction of the word 'petroleum'? It seems to me that they're about equal. Evo741... - A trunk is an elephant's nose (or a big portable carrying case) and a hood is also an item of headwear - pilgrim headgear and an item of footwear are no stranger than those terms. My point with any of the above is not that the words we use are better than the American ones, just that English speakers from different countries have their own sub-set of English and isn't that a good thing? It's not nearly as boring as a dead language like Latin.
2016-03-28 02:24:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Petrol is actually called gasoline in the US, but some will shorten that to 'gas'. You can tell by context if they are talking fuel, or a gas like oxygen. Natural gas that we cook with is also just called gas, but again, context will give a clue. We also have hoods and trunks instead of boots and bonnets, and we spell harbor wrong too. lol (along with color and theater).
2006-11-11 05:10:52 · answer #3 · answered by oklatom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Petrol is called gasoline in USA people just say gas. and gas is called gas
2006-11-11 05:08:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
too add to the confusion ! in Drag racing, Petrol is Gas . Nitromethane is Fuel. Methanol is Alchohol
2006-11-11 23:27:01 · answer #5 · answered by cosmo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gasoline.
2006-11-11 05:29:57 · answer #6 · answered by Old man wrench 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they call gas, gas aswell, how anyone knows what they on about i dont know.
2006-11-11 05:07:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
petrol is called gasoline
natural gas is cng,compressed natural gas
propane is lpg,liquified propane gas
2006-11-11 05:08:02 · answer #8 · answered by doug b 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The words mean whatever we want them to mean - the context imparts a great deal of meaning to our choice of words.
That's the beauty and challenge of American English. It's a very dynamic language.
2006-11-11 05:36:47 · answer #9 · answered by Tom-SJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
air gas
2006-11-11 05:10:08 · answer #10 · answered by star ray 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i own a repair shop,and here its either called fuel or gas these are the most common terms we use here,good luck.
2006-11-11 05:10:45 · answer #11 · answered by dodge man 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋