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: FWIW, I hear "petrol station" all the time among European hitchhikers, to the point where I've come to adopt the term myself although I grew up speaking US English. "Gas station" definitely feels out of place in Europe. "Highway" seems more common than "motorway" on the continent, though. [[User:CRCulver|CRCulver]] 06:39, 7 November 2010 (CET)
::Ok, maybe I was wrong. Well, one term not yet mentioned is "tank station", sometimes used by Dutch speakers - and no I'm not proposing we would ever leave that in our articles ;) [[User:Guaka|guaka]] 14:15, 7 November 2010 (CET)
::Science? [http://www.google.be/search?hl=nl&cr=countryBE&safe=off&tbs=ctr:countryBE&q=%22gas+station%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= 6890 results for "gas station" from Belgium], [http://www.google.be/search?hl=nl&cr=countryBE&safe=off&tbs=ctr:countryBE&q=%22petrol+station%22&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= 1070 results for "petrol station from Belgium], [http://www.google.de/#hl=de&cr=countryDE&tbs=ctr%3AcountryDE&q=%22gas+station%22&aq=f&aqi=g5g-s1g4&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=ebe5277d802140aa 67600 results for "gas station" from Germany"], [http://www.google.de/#hl=de&cr=countryDE&tbs=ctr%3AcountryDE&q=%22petrol+station%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=ebe5277d802140aa 19900 results for "petrol station" from Germany]. No, not science, but it could be a factor to take into account :) [[User:Guaka|guaka]] 14:18, 7 November 2010 (CET)
