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this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2023
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The brand was cazeline, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline#Etymology
Originally, yes. So were aspirin, heroin, kerosene, hovercraft, linoleum, and a bunch of other common words.
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.
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Oops, good catch! My mobile spell-check tool (swiftkey) seems to miss a lot... no idea why. It never used to do this...