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09:20 Oct 11, 2007 |
English to Danish translations [PRO] Tourism & Travel | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Randi Stenstrop Local time: 05:06 | ||||||
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5 +4 | tankstation and benzintank |
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5 +1 | Tankstation |
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Tankstation Explanation: Benzintank - is the car's petrol tank . Tankstation - is the service station where you fill the petrol tank. Slang for 'Tankstation' is 'Tanken'. |
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tankstation and benzintank Explanation: - Both mean gas station. - "Tankstation" is the more technical term and not much used by its users. - "Tank" is what users normally say. - "Benzintank" is becoming obsolete. It dates back to the time when gas stations were much smaller and often had only one pump. (There i a Danish movie from 1960 called "Baronessen fra benzintanken", which means "The baroness from the gas station". Reference: http://www.danskefilm.dk/index2.html |
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