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by windowshopping 978 days ago
do people in the west really say petrol? east coaster here and never heard that outside of britain
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kylehotchkiss 978 days ago
“gas” is ambiguous, especially when there are CNG vehicles on the road.
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filoleg 978 days ago
I don’t think so. Been living in Seattle for almost 8 years, spent a lot of time in CA and Oregon as well. The only time I ever heard word “petrol” was in british media.
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ethanbond 978 days ago
I grew up in Arizona around plenty of macho truck people and never heard “petrol.” I suspect an expat.
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elliotec 978 days ago
No, never.
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msmith 978 days ago
I'm going to guess dboreham is Canadian?
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