[ARC5] English & the Jerry Can (OT)

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

I've called 'em jerry cans as long as I can remember!    Mac
The Money Pit


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On Dec 23, 2014, at 16:14, Leslie Smith <vk2bcu at operamail.com> wrote:

 (in 'AU' speak).  I attend a petrol station where I fill  my vehicle
 with petrol from a bowser.
 (That's proper usage)

 (in 'US' speak).  I go to the gas station where I pump gas for my
 auto.
 (That's Hollywood usage, and plain wrong.)  ;-)

   In Holland (and south Africa, they don't have petrol (or gas) - they
   have 'benzine'.

 (I love the vagaries of language.)

 Now - to explain "Jerry Can".
 When the Brits (and Aussies) arrived in North Africa they discovered
 the nasty kerosene cans they used to cart petrol in were far inferior
 to the German "Jerry Can".
 It seems we adopted both the design and the name.


 73 de Les Smith
 vk2bcu at operamail.com


On Wed, Dec 24, 2014, at 07:31, AKLDGUY . wrote:
>> Gosport is a Brit term.
>> And what is their term for a portable gas tank?  Bowser?
> 
> Bowser is the term for a tanker (ie. on wheels), not a portable tank
> which is a Jerrycan.
> 
> 73 de Neil ZL1ANM
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