And of course, parafin in the US is a white wax used for candle making,
among other things.
Roger D. Key wrote:
What is called paraffin in England is called kerosene in the USA, petroleum
(!) in Denmark, fotogen (or sometimes nafta) in Sweden, and perhaps erdöl
or kerosene in Germany......I bet that there are a lot of other names.
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