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Originally Posted by MacEachaidh
Well, that's a new one to me. Is kerosene called "paraffin" in the UK? (It's mostly got me puzzled because kerosene and paraffin - real paraffin - aren't the same thing at all.)
Here in OZ we use those two terms the same way as in the US, so I wonder if the UK's use of paraffin for kerosene is a more recent development?
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Yes, kerosene is called paraffin in the UK, and has been since at least the time of the first world war, and probably earlier. Not to be confused with paraffin wax, which is something entirely different.