Difference bytween Fill it up and Fill her up

Hi,

When you are at a gas station to put your car full gasoline, there seems to be two ways to say. Fill it up. and

Fill her up. This seems very, very old-fashioned to me.

I know only the first one but my english japanese dictionary says that men say "Fill her up" and women say "Fill it up". Is that true? Sounds completely wrong to me.

I'm an English T

Anonymous Fill it up. and Fill her up. I know only the first one but my english japanese dictionary says that men say "Fill her up" and women say "Fill it up". Is that true?

I think this used to be true, at least in the U.S., but these are expressions from a by-gone time. As Clive says, gas stations are almost all self-service now, so there is no need to us

I'm from the UK, and to me, "fill her up" does not sound especially old-fashioned (though, as others have mentioned, there are fewer opportunities to use the expression as a command now that most petrol stations -- as we call them here -- are self-service). In British English, this use of "her" to refer affectionately to pieces of machinery (e.g. cars) is still reasonably common amongst some clas

To Clive, CalifJim and Mr Wordy,

Thank you very much for answering my question.

Today from now I'll teach the English Conversation class where a student asked me a use of "fill her up". I am going to bring my pc and show this page to my students.

This was the first time for me to send a message to unknown people and I needed some courage but it was worth it.

Just to add to your general storehouse of knowledge, the state of New Jersey does not allow self-serve gas stations. A person still comes to fill your car. When I was driving through NJ with my husband, who was from the Midwest, he thought I was joking when I told him to stay in the car and that self-service gas stations were illegal.

Hi,

Please don't be afraid to write again with any other queries we can help you with.

Clive

Hi, one of you guys said "pay with a credit card" and I have a question connected with this phrase, I mean, my coursebook states that the only possibility to say this is- to pay by credit card- without an article and with different prepostion. Is this the matter of American and British English difference? The coursebook that I use is oxford-based, CPE level.

Thank you in advance, Bartosz

Hi,

one of you guys said "pay with a credit card" and I have a question connected with this phrase, I mean, my coursebook states that the only possibility to say this is- to pay by credit card- without an article and with different prepostion. Is this the matter of American and British English difference? The coursebook that I use is oxford-based, CPE level.

I live in Canada,

AnonymousHi, one of you guys said "pay with a credit card" and I have a question connected with this phrase, I mean, my coursebook states that the only possibility to say this is- to pay by credit card- without an article and with different prepostion. Is this the matter of American and British English difference? The coursebook that I use is oxford-based, CPE level.

Anonymous one of you guys said "pay with a credit card" and I have a question connected with this phrase, I mean, my coursebook states that the only possibility to say this is- to pay by credit card- without an article and with different prepostion.

With the preposition of method or means (by), there is no article. The word after by refers to a