Talk:Diesel

Disambiguation

I think we have another UK/US difference here. In the UK, Diesel oil is not a lubricant - it means Diesel fuel. Biscuittin (talk) 21:27, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Requested move

The following is a closed discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was move. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:18, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

• Diesel (disambiguation) → Diesel — Depending on the context, "diesel" can mean either the fuel, the engine, or perhaps both. Thus the fuel is not the clear primary topic. See Talk:Diesel#Move request for the full discussion. - BilCat (talk) 04:16, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
• Also Diesel → Diesel fuel, as this move is dependent on that move. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:02, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
• And colloquially sometimes diesel can mean diesel exhaust, when complaining about its smell. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:25, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

• Support. -- P 1 9 9 • TALK 20:18, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

• Support both moves. Such ambiguous page names waste a lot of editorial time and effort, as readers mistake the intended scope of the article and contribute content that belongs (and may even already exist) on another article. --Una Smith (talk) 03:12, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

• Support — WP:COMMONNAME for both.
  — V = I * R (talk) 07:03, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

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Etymology

I've found this on a forum: The surname Diesel is derived from "d'IJssel", the IJssel being a river flowing through Europe. The "d'" particle in this setting means "of". So the meaning of the name Diesel is, quite simply, "from the IJssel". The letter "IJ" is a Dutch letter, pronounced "ey".. Interesting. —  Ark25  (talk) 23:50, 15 November 2016 (UTC)