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by kens 888 days ago
That's an interesting thing. I wonder if 30 years from now, cars will all be electric but the pedal will still be called the "gas" pedal. It will be one of those words that kids don't understand where it came from, like "dialing" a phone or the file save icon.
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American/Canadian-only problem.

Most of the rest of the Anglosphere call "gasoline" petrol, and you step on the accelerator. Gas in Australia actually refers to LPG.