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The metric system (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

petroleum

ftfy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oops, good catch! My mobile spell-check tool (swiftkey) seems to miss a lot... no idea why. It never used to do this...