Tracy D'arth Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 Today I bought a used jerry can, the usual ex gov tin can with a clasp stopper. Nothing unusual there, millions of them made. But this one has been marked with white paint "DEZEL". An odd spelling but the meaning is clear. But it has something in it, about half a pint of green diesel, happy because I now know it doesn't leak. Am I correct in thinking that this originated in Ireland and that the spelling is an Irish normality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said: Am I correct in thinking that this originated in Ireland and that the spelling is an Irish normality? No. It's just bad spelling, and the fuel could be from quite a few countries. I'll grant you Ireland is most likely, but it could be Norway, Italy, Indonesia etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 I wonder if the Irish Boat Rental Association still exists, If they do may be they will know. All things being are in mystery; we expound mysteries by mysteries; and yet the secret of them all is one in simple grandeur Martin F Tupper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy D'arth Posted August 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 So does any country spell diesel "Dezel"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davem399 Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said: So does any country spell diesel "Dezel"? Perhaps it belonged to Del Boy's mate Denzel and it's a typo? Edited August 8, 2020 by davem399 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav and Pen Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 Probably written as he spoke. Agricultural and boat diesel was certainly green in the Irish republic when we were there and red in the north although there were people who knew how to remove the red dye and sell it on as road fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy D'arth Posted August 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 Cleaned the can, its actually "DIZEL" don't suppose it makes any difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie patrick Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tracy D'arth said: Cleaned the can, its actually "DIZEL" don't suppose it makes any difference. Well, there appears to be a Serbian hip-hop album of that name...! Hip-hop isn't my thing so i can't help any further Except to add that further down the same Google search it appears to be the Turkish spelling of diesel Edited August 8, 2020 by magpie patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy D'arth Posted August 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 23 minutes ago, magpie patrick said: Well, there appears to be a Serbian hip-hop album of that name...! Hip-hop isn't my thing so i can't help any further Except to add that further down the same Google search it appears to be the Turkish spelling of diesel Ah, so that's it, its come in on a Turkish wagon. Well I have a cosmopolitan jerry can, delightful ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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