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Anonymous ID:qSj/qQss Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:24:29 No.3180231 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>3180239 >>3180269 >>3180295 >>3180301 >>3180466 >>3180528

Why do burgers call petrol "gas"?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Qk+5raXa Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:25:02 No.3180239 Report

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>>3180231
Why do burgers call corporate slavery "freedom"

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:z6rN3FMA Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:25:15 No.3180244 Report

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right-wing scum have destroyed the country

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:QZgfRd0N Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:25:27 No.3180249 Report

Quoted By: >>3180259

Because it is from the gas station you fucking idiot

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:U12tipJ9 Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:25:49 No.3180253 Report

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gasoline is actually more correct

DS :^)

DS :^) ID:HbetbqGB Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:26:17 No.3180259 Report

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>>3180249
No lad, it comes from the petrol station.

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C⌬©⍟ℕυͳ !!ejZnhfeYlll ID:7a9bAwfY Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:26:50 No.3180266 Report

Quoted By: >>3180444 >>3184578

Why are foreigners so interested in what America does

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:rTr3TBxs Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:27:04 No.3180269 Report

Quoted By: >>3180286 >>3180290

>>3180231
>gas: one syllable
>PEH TROW LLLE: malaise of pronunciation
yeah beats me, lucky charms

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Anonymous ID:p0waTSEs Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:27:07 No.3180270 Report

Quoted By: >>3180304 >>3180467 >>3184548

why do bongs call flashlights "torches" ?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:X2sxQTR5 Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:27:56 No.3180278 Report

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we only have bencina here :(

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Anonymous ID:Qk+5raXa Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:28:24 No.3180286 Report

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>>3180269
>American Intelligence™ can't handle 1 extra syllable

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Anonymous ID:kmj2aAxb Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:28:40 No.3180289 Report

Quoted By: >>3180307

Gas is short for Gasoline, a petrolium-derived liquid. Gasoline is the name of the actual fuel, petrolium is a different kind.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:qSj/qQss Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:28:43 No.3180290 Report

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>>3180269
Good b8, McCuck.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:AedHNMJL Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:29:18 No.3180295 Report

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>>3180231
i thought they called it "coke"

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:86lXr8el Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:29:45 No.3180301 Report

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>>3180231

To trigger cucks like you.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mgZ7DHIk Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:29:52 No.3180304 Report

Quoted By: >>3180431 >>3184548

>>3180270
because that's what they're called

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:qSj/qQss Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:30:19 No.3180307 Report

Quoted By: >>3180419

>>3180289
>Gasoline is the name of the actual fuel, petrolium is a different kind.
No they aren't.
http://www.differencebetween.info/difference-between-petrol-and-gasoline

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Anonymous ID:hRmlP/vE Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:30:52 No.3180313 Report

Quoted By: >>3180337

>europeons pay more for gas just because it's called "petrol" and measured in litres

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឴ ID:vr393TFB Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:32:24 No.3180337 Report

Quoted By: >>3180427

>>3180313
>HE THINKS THE PRICE IS HIGHER BECAUSE IT IS MEASURED IN LITRES

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Anonymous ID:kmj2aAxb Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:34:20 No.3180419 Report

Quoted By: >>3181484

>>3180307
Well, fuck me then.
I dunno, why do britbongs call fries chips?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:hRmlP/vE Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:34:48 No.3180427 Report

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>>3180337
Also because they rename it to petrol, gyppo

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Anonymous ID:p0waTSEs Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:35:01 No.3180431 Report

Quoted By: >>3180452 >>3180467 >>3184591

>>3180304
so what is this

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:R1xj6/uF Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:36:09 No.3180444 Report

Quoted By: >>3180481

>>3180266
>American makes a thread about another country
business as usual
>literally any non-american making a thread about America
OBSESSED WHY THE FUCK YOU OBSESSED THO NIGGUH SHIEEEEEEEEEEEET YOU WAN' ATTENSHUN OR SUMTHIN', CRACKA?

The real question is why do Americans get so triggered whenever anyone talks about America

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mgZ7DHIk Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:37:04 No.3180452 Report

Quoted By: >>3180472

>>3180431
a torch

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:JE6fmMK+ Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:38:05 No.3180466 Report

Quoted By: >>3183664

>>3180231
I call it vroom vroom juice

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:R1xj6/uF Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:38:06 No.3180467 Report

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>>3180270
>>3180431
>what are homonyms

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Anonymous ID:s0BW8Lra Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:38:49 No.3180472 Report

Quoted By: >>3180506 >>3180508

>>3180452
didn't you say a torch was a flashlight tho

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C⌬©⍟ℕυͳ !!ejZnhfeYlll ID:7a9bAwfY Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:39:39 No.3180481 Report

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>>3180444
Thanks for the reply. I don't see that happen as often as it should here I guess

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mgZ7DHIk Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:41:49 No.3180506 Report

Quoted By: >>3180583

>>3180472
a word can have multiply meanings.
and in a sense they make look different but they have the same purpose in the fact that they provide lighting.
>but then it would be a light bulb
no as touches are portable

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:AedHNMJL Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:41:57 No.3180508 Report

Quoted By: >>3180534

>>3180472
a torch is the piece of wood on fire and the flashlight you dumb friend

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Anonymous ID:zF0J9s3o Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:43:09 No.3180528 Report

Quoted By: >>3180648

>>3180231
Fuck off you stupid leinster cuck weighing our country down by abusing the dole and being a massive unemployed soft city faggot that loves sucking nigger cock. Step out of your ma's basement ye sad little virgin andstop whining about the yanks and get your own shite in order. Call it peitreal you westbrit anglo wannabe.

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Anonymous ID:p0waTSEs Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:43:38 No.3180534 Report

Quoted By: >>3180552 >>3180567

>>3180508
So when someone talks about a torch, how do you know which one they mean?

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Anonymous ID:R1xj6/uF Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:44:43 No.3180552 Report

Quoted By: >>3180899

>>3180534
When someone talks about nails, how do you know whether they mean fingernails or iron nails?

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Anonymous ID:uoW4lAMN Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:44:53 No.3180555 Report

Quoted By: >>3181484

>tfw your language translates those terms to "refuel station" and "pocket lamp"

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:AedHNMJL Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:45:31 No.3180567 Report

Quoted By: >>3180899

>>3180534
theres a thing called context anon

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:s0BW8Lra Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:46:32 No.3180583 Report

Quoted By: >>3180646

>>3180506
lots of things have similar purposes but have different names. it just seems stupid that you would give two separate objects the same name

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Anonymous ID:R1xj6/uF Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:51:30 No.3180646 Report

Quoted By: >>3180749

>>3180583
English does this all the time. Quit pretending like "torch" is the only case of two separate objects having the same name

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Anonymous ID:qSj/qQss Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:51:37 No.3180648 Report

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>>3180528
I'm so much of a Leinster cuck I don't even know what that meme means.

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Anonymous ID:Aizeu0Jj Sun 03 Dec 2017 22:59:35 No.3180749 Report

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>>3180646
It's definitely not the only case, "gas" is another similar example

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:8h0aW0p6 Sun 03 Dec 2017 23:13:02 No.3180899 Report

Quoted By: >>3180930 >>3181453

>>3180552
>>3180567
Context doesn't help here since they're both used for the same function.
"How did you find your way out of the cave?"
"We used a torch."
>The absolute state of european """education"""

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:R1xj6/uF Sun 03 Dec 2017 23:15:57 No.3180930 Report

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>>3180899
If I'm talking to a Brit I'm going to assume they mean a flashlight

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:qSj/qQss Mon 04 Dec 2017 00:03:51 No.3181453 Report

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>>3180899
what kind of faggot is so pedantic that they need to know whether a person is using an electric torch and a flaming stick?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:j0Z0iO0E Mon 04 Dec 2017 00:06:23 No.3181484 Report

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>>3180419
Fries implies it's something that gets fried, which is objectively true with fries but it just doesn't allow a good distinction between other British foods since all of it gets fried, this is why they call it chips instead
Chips are fried potatoes
>>3180555
It describes absolutely perfect what these things are and what's their purpose

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Jo4GH2UM Mon 04 Dec 2017 01:22:48 No.3182273 Report

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Europeans only drive 3-cylinder 60hp diesel cuckboxes, that's why they call gas "petrol".

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:k5GfUgMq Mon 04 Dec 2017 02:49:06 No.3183390 Report

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Anonymous ID:GTa3UPKR Mon 04 Dec 2017 03:17:03 No.3183664 Report

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>>3180466
Dubs indicates the correct term

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Anonymous ID:wn2LeRqj Mon 04 Dec 2017 05:06:03 No.3184548 Report

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>>3180270
>>3180304
To be fair, they did invent English.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:9EXRaHBG Mon 04 Dec 2017 05:08:59 No.3184578 Report

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>>3180266
It's like house sharing with a giant man who breaks everything and drags you into fights with the neighbours

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:9EXRaHBG Mon 04 Dec 2017 05:09:52 No.3184591 Report

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>>3180431
analogue torch.

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