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Topic: Why do Americans say "petrol bomb" and not "gasoline bomb"?

Anonymous A started this discussion 15 years ago #7,933

Hm? Why the double standard? Pick one word and stick with it fuckheads.

Ks !KansasxqvM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 34 seconds later[^] [v] #137,815

I've never heard either expression. Molotov cocktail yo.

Voice of !WisdomHsuU joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 22 seconds later, 56 seconds after the original post[^] [v] #137,817

We call them Molotovs.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 38 seconds later, 1 minute after the original post[^] [v] #137,819

@137,815 (Ks !KansasxqvM)
@previous (Voice of !WisdomHsuU)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emkUNux-GrI

advi !!3gpAcg/hF joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 15 seconds later, 1 minute after the original post[^] [v] #137,820

You mean a Molotov?

Ks !KansasxqvM replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 8 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #137,850

@137,819 (A)
Could you not hear her accent? Also she was broadcasting from London, CNN has correspondents all over the world, many of them are not Americans.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 11 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #137,861

More importantly, who gives a shit? You say potatoes, I say tomatoes, and the world just keeps on turning.

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #137,872

They both mean the same thing.

Handel !khEOdtKF56 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 22 minutes later, 36 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #137,974

@137,861 (E)

I say spuds. :/

stickybuns !bENfolDsOU joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 22 minutes later, 58 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #138,052

There are other Americans that say "petrol bomb"?

Ks !KansasxqvM replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #138,054

@previous (stickybuns !bENfolDsOU)
[citation badly needed]
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