Mr. Constantine Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Just for general info, gas in Russian is pronounced and called "Benzin" which clearly relates to Benzene... So as many said before me, to each their own... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak0bk Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Gas is short for gasoline like petrol is short for petroleum spirit. Gasoline is actually derived from petroleum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystical112 Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 I've always wondered why here in Canada we park on driveways and drive on parkways :unsure: 586596069[/snapback] i dunno about the driveway bit but parkways is highway right?.. i call it highway... i dont think ive met a person that said "go on the parkway...." acutally the DVP just came to mind but i still call that a highway... and just assume highway is somewhere in there... odd.. now thats gonna bother me like the stupid fedex arrow.. dammit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linsook Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 i dunno about the driveway bit but parkways is highway right?.. i call it highway... i dont think ive met a person that said "go on the parkway...."acutally the DVP just came to mind but i still call that a highway... and just assume highway is somewhere in there... odd.. now thats gonna bother me like the stupid fedex arrow.. dammit... 586624690[/snapback] driveway... the little spot u drive up to ur garage where u also park ur car. lift vs elevator, to me they are different. a lift, (what i got/call in my house, my brother use to use it; wheelchair user.) only goes up and down on two levels. has no walls just the walls of the square enclosure and the base supported by a huge hydrolic jack. basically a real ****ty elevator. and an elevator is a square box, going up and down mroe than 2 levels and is moved by steel cables from above. these are my personal opinions on the two terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raskren Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 i dunno about the driveway bit but parkways is highway right?.. i call it highway... i dont think ive met a person that said "go on the parkway...."acutally the DVP just came to mind but i still call that a highway... and just assume highway is somewhere in there... odd.. now thats gonna bother me like the stupid fedex arrow.. dammit... 586624690[/snapback] I don't know about where you live but in Pittsburgh we have numerous "Parkways." There's the Parkway North, East, and West. These highways are actually Interstate 279N/579, 376, and 279S. Maybe this name came about because traffic here is so bad with all the bridges and tunnels - people don't drive on these roads, they just park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Easy answer. Because we want to. Why do Brits call cigarettes FAGS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystical112 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 driveway... the little spot u drive up to ur garage where u also park ur car. 586632283[/snapback] i knew ppl call it that and i know what it is... but thx neways.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devBrian Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Easy answer. Because we want to. Why do Brits call cigarettes FAGS. 586635618[/snapback] I try not to know that answer. Anyways ... why do Mexicans say 'hola' instead of 'hello'? Because they speak a different language. American English is starting to become a totally different language, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Change is good, reverting to old customs is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrick Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 (edited) hehe this was some funny reading.. while it was explained.. many times over how us americans call gas.. gas. there was funny reading in this thread. American english is a really tough language to get used to.. I used american english all my life and still find some words very odd in our language.. i believe it was george carlin who asked. how does americans spell home.. HOME.. ok now spell comb.. sounds exactly like home.. so you would think.. come.. wrong :no: . that come is like "come here i want to talk to you", no we have to spell it comb.. so you would think then we should say "com b". lol browsing these forums.. Im looking through threads.. pronouced threeds.. even tho looking at the word.. you could get 'th reads' so then when you have a hole in your clothes you use a needle and "th read" to sew with.. lol no you use thread "th red"! lol go figure! :)) Edited October 7, 2005 by Cyrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
installerd10 Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Gas is short for gasoline like petrol is short for petroleum spirit. Gasoline is actually derived from petroleum. 586613170[/snapback] Correct.....nearly. Gasoline or Petroleum-Spirit (petrol for short) to all intents and purposes same product, both obtained from Petroleum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted October 12, 2005 Veteran Share Posted October 12, 2005 Correct.....nearly.Gasoline or Petroleum-Spirit (petrol for short) to all intents and purposes same product, both obtained from Petroleum. 586656011[/snapback] I'm sure you meant, instead of "to all intents and purposes", "for all intensive purposes"... Right? Edit: Never mind... I guess the mods took care of that troll... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Behelit Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Why call smokes fags? :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted October 12, 2005 Veteran Share Posted October 12, 2005 Why call smokes fags? :wacko: 586661276[/snapback] Because that was what they were originally called. The Americanized word is of course used in a derogatory manner. So the question would actually be towards us: why call homosexuals fags? And that's a pretty good question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilsbury Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 *** predates the cigarette usage... *** - A student at a British public school who is required to perform menial tasks for a student in a higher class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivkrish22 Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 lol at this thread!!.....my english teacher once compared the english language to a prostitute!! (no intention to hurt sentiments of native english speakers) said ppl just ended up using and changing it to meet their own needs and requirements. no wonder, at present it is just a mix of words from different languages thrown in....guess no other language has undergone as much change as english. i guess we'll just have to learn to live with it. btw have you ever been "bangalored"?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revvo Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Why do the english call a cigarette a ***? Same kind of question. Nobody knows the answer! :ninja: So go smoke a ***! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallithrax Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Why do the english call a cigarette a ***?Same kind of question. Nobody knows the answer! :ninja: So go smoke a ***! 586663061[/snapback] Would have been better if you had put "So go suck on a ***" :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qkslvr221 Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Why do the english call a trunk on a car a boot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted October 12, 2005 Veteran Share Posted October 12, 2005 Why do the english call a trunk on a car a boot? 586663074[/snapback] or the hood a 'bonnet'? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibby Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Do amercians called there butts a fanny? in england a fanny is the female love hole Also would do americans call disesel also we can not call petrol/gasoline fuel as fuel can also mean any other substance that comes from anything like wood is fuel, coal is fuel. So we would have to call it the internal combustion engine fuel right? but really i think we should even bother attempt to ask why we call it differnt things as really they pretty much have the same meaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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