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from "Mike Lyle" contains these words:

No, it's a divided-by-a-common-language thing. Brit laymen use the
word "paraffin" for _kerosene_. Not as bad (from our pov) as the
French, who call it "pétrole"!

Ah, but they call petrol 'essence', which might be disastrous in a big
cake in a hot oven innit.

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