Pat Naughtin
Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:50:23 -0700
On 2010/08/17, at 07:47 , Martin Vlietstra wrote:
One of the quirks (irritations?) of the British system is that bottled beer is sold in metric quantities, but draught beer is sold by the pint.
Dear Martin, Let me emend your email to read:One of the quirks (irritations?) of the British system is that bottled beer is sold in metric quantities, but draught beer is sold by the reputed pint, which is sold in 500 millilitre amounts in a 568 millilitre container.
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