Is "Filling Station" (usually pronounced without the "g") a southern term? I have heard it in the south, but that's where I grew up and was wondering if it was used much in other parts of the country. Thanks
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Up here its never used, its "gaz stashun" round these parts
polkanut
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Filling station is used up north too, at least it is in the Upper Midwest.
I don't hear "filling station" much anymore. That term seems to be fading out here, my grandfather used it and I've heard dad use it rarely. The "g" being silent is probably more of a dialectic anomaly. More common is "gas station" now.
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It's still common around these parts.
It's still common around these parts.
cornutt
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I recall them being called "service stations" back in the '60s, when most were still full service.
In central Illinois we say "gastation"; it sounds like one word.
I haven't heard that term used since I was a small kid and even then it wasn't very common except from old people. What else has changed is the disappearance of many local/residential area gas stations here in town. Back in the 60's and 70's in the area we live there were at one time at least 10 gas stations within a square mile of our house.Now just one remains. The vast majority of them now located on the strips around mall land. The old ones that remain are usually just variety stores now.
Here's one of the oldest in town still standing but barely
Here's one of the oldest in town still standing but barely
Some others I remember as a kid, no longer gas stations though and looking quite different now
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ovrphil
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Perrysburg Filling Station
gas-station is what we have said - grandparents said "filling or fillin' station"
We had a large Texaco station at our corner, and they had the oil sitting out, on different displays, but they would fill your tank and add oil if necessary. Imagine today having a full service station.
I used this Perrysburg, Oh station when I worked for NCR and had business there...it looked like this photo, up to about 18 yrs ago or so. It was converted to a large station - "progress" .
gas-station is what we have said - grandparents said "filling or fillin' station"
We had a large Texaco station at our corner, and they had the oil sitting out, on different displays, but they would fill your tank and add oil if necessary. Imagine today having a full service station.
I used this Perrysburg, Oh station when I worked for NCR and had business there...it looked like this photo, up to about 18 yrs ago or so. It was converted to a large station - "progress" .
dustin92
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It is "Gas station" here.
arbilab
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Ugh, southern dialects and idioms. Northern too, for that matter.
I've never heard them called anything but gas stations. Two words or one. Texas is south, but that doesn't mean the same thing as Georgia.
Could be worse. In England one can walk one block and not understand the street language.
I've never heard them called anything but gas stations. Two words or one. Texas is south, but that doesn't mean the same thing as Georgia.
Could be worse. In England one can walk one block and not understand the street language.
That little "fillin station ' in town here I posted above used to have a small overhang and two pumps sort of like the picture of the larger one Phil posted.
I'll post the pop, soda interactive map on another thread so we don't get two going
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Gas Station is the common term here. I can remember "filling" station being used, as well as "service" station, but of course there's no such thing as service anymore.
I remember a few really old stations in the area back my younger days. This is the only one that survived. I remember seeing it abandoned on a downtown corner and feeling resigned to its impending doom. It didn't have the vintage pumps anymore at that time. The two they found for it aren't an exact match, but still present a plausible scenario.
Gas Station is the common term here. I can remember "filling" station being used, as well as "service" station, but of course there's no such thing as service anymore.
I remember a few really old stations in the area back my younger days. This is the only one that survived. I remember seeing it abandoned on a downtown corner and feeling resigned to its impending doom. It didn't have the vintage pumps anymore at that time. The two they found for it aren't an exact match, but still present a plausible scenario.
Upper midwest (the Dakota's/Minnesota): As others have stated, I recall the term filling station being used a lot when I was a kid in the 1960's. Gas station is the common term these days. And remember 'gas wars' when stations would temporarily race each other to the bottom with their prices? I recall spending a fair amount of time in lines to get super-cheap gas.
