Gasoline prices

[poli]

A friend of mine who is now living in France informed me that it costs about 80 Euros
to fill her gas tank. That's about 120 dollars. I find this hard to believe. I would like to confirm this with forum members living in Europe.

Thanks.

Poli

[Iris]

It costs about 50 euros in Spain, but a lot more in England (around 70 euros).

[Iris]

Wow! I love this stone thing. Ruby sounds really sweet.

[Tomisimo]

Tank capacity can vary widely. What are prices per liter?

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by Iris

Wow! I love this stone thing. Ruby sounds really sweet.

Don't get too attached, it'll change as your post count goes up

[poli]

Me parece que cueste 2 dólares o 1.30 euro por un litro y con 15 galones valga $120.00 o 80 euros. ¡Que horror! Menos mal que la mayoria de europeos depende menos en los automóviles que los americanos. Imagina
que pasará en Los Angeles si gasolina sube así y tengo miedo que pasará.

Poli

[sosia]

por eso aqui los coches son diesel ó de poco consumo.
el litro (gasolina ó diesel) está a 1.10 € aprox.
Mi coche, con 50 litros de capacidad, me costó casi 60 euros llenarlo hace poco.
Lo de los galones no lo llevo muy bien, no soy militar (pun )
Saludos

[poli]

Gracias Iris y Sosia. Mi amiga me dijo mal. Es cierto que el precio es
70 euros o menos. Aquí nos cuesta $40 mas o menos.

Poli
PD ¿Sosia, Es la palabra para pun retruécano? Me encanta esa palabra y
luciérnaga, murciélago, livélula tambien.

Poli

[Iris]

I translate pun as juego de palabras. Libélula is written with b. You are right, it's a beautiful word.

[Alfonso]

I would say that retruécano is la figura literaria consistente en un juego de palabras, que se da a menudo en la literatura barroca.

Coming back to gasoline: Stop burning the planet! In Spain prices are from 1.1 to 1.3 € per litre, 50-53% of which are taxes.

[Alfonso]

Poli, this is important:

Me parece que + indicativo.
No me parece que + subjuntivo.
(Igual que creer, opinar, pensar, etc. Verbos para expresar opinión).

Originally Posted by poli

Me parece que cuesta 2 dólares o 1.30 euros por litro. 15 galones valen $120.00 o 80 euros. ¡Qué horror! Menos mal que la mayoría de europeos depende menos de los automóviles que los americanos. Imagina qué pasaría en Los Angeles si la gasolina subiera así. Tengo miedo de lo que pasaría.

Poli

[sosia]

I usually translate pun as broma, but Iris terms (juego de palabras or equívoco) are more accurate and must be used.
saludos

[Iris]

Originally Posted by Alfonso

I would say that retruécano is la figura literaria consistente en un juego de palabras, que se da a menudo en la literatura barroca.

Coming back to gasoline: Stop burning the planet! In Spain prices are from 1.1 to 1.3 € per litre, 50-53% of which are taxes.

Couldn't help it...

[Tomisimo]

I suppose we all need one of these concept cars that get almost 9,000 miles to the gallon.

[Alfonso]

Hey, how many litres are there in a gallon, and how many kilometres in a mile? Why you mean capacity with gallons? Litres are clearer. You also use gallon for the milk? What about the cows? What are their opinions?

(Thanks a lot, Iris, for your correction)

[Tomisimo]

Liters and kilometers make more sense, but gallons and miles make more sense if that's what you're used to.

1 liter = .26 gallons
1 gallon = 3.79 liters

1 km = .62 miles
1 mi = 1.6 km

[Alfonso]

It's interesting, David, you say liter, kilometer, and I guess you say center... meanwhile I wrote kilometre, litre and I would write centre.
Thanks for the information about measures.

[Iris]

In England you use pints for milk. A pint is approximately half a litre. And as far as I know the cows in Albion are happy with that...

[Rusty]

The spellings of kilometre, litre, and centre are perfect British English. David's spellings are perfect American English.

"England and America are two countries separated by the same language" —George Bernard Shaw

There are many such differences. And, as far as pronunciation goes, there's quite a difference.


I like the contented cow comments.

[Jessica]

Wow! And look what's happening in the US!