"credoquaabsurdum" <credoquaabsurdum@yahoo.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
> No, I think Judy got it right.
>
> I've heard "top it off" and "Let her have all she'll take," but "fill
> it/her up" is the normal expression in the USA.
>
> The thing is, Giuseppe, petrol/gasoline is a lot cheaper in the States
> than it is in Europe. In the USA it's sold by the gallon, which is
> 3.785 liters. Top dollar price for American gasoline right now is right
> around $2.50, which means that it costs about 53 Eurocents a liter,
> according to my conversions.
>
> The European Union doesn't like to talk about this much, of course. At
> those prices, filling up the tank is rather more common there than
> is in Italy.
>
Agree with you: I'm not used to fill my tank up and it is a very rare
operation here! :)
I was not saing Judy was wrong, just asked if there is a word to mean the
content of a filled up tank, as we say in Italy.
bye
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Giuseppe
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