From: "Gregg N" 

Phil Payne wrote:
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:44184927{at}w3....
>> Your state's blending regulations and the change over at refineries
>> from gasoline production to heating oil production?
>
> "Gas" in the UK is a gas.  Only the USA refers to a liquid as gas.

In that context, "gas" is short for "gasoline". When
two words have the same spelling or pronunciation, but two different
meanings, this is known as a homonym. It is maybe too advanced a concept
for you, but most people understand how it works, and that we are not
pretending gasoline is gaseous. True, it can sometimes cause
miscommunication.

Anyway, the US is not the only country that uses the word
"gasoline" to refer to the fuel.

Gregg

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