Doug Ewell scripsit: > Shouldn't a "pint" of beer be administratively fixed at 500 mL, just as > a "fifth" of liquor in America is now officially 750 mL? Seems like a > good task for an ISO working group.
Arrgh. Shall we return to a firkin of beer in London being one size, a firkin of wine in London another, whereas in the rest of England a firkin, of beer or wine indifferently, was still a third size? Pints, unlike fifths, are in general use. Leave bad enough alone. -- "They tried to pierce your heart John Cowan with a Morgul-knife that remains in the http://www.ccil.org/~cowan wound. If they had succeeded, you would http://www.reutershealth.com become a wraith under the domination of the Dark Lord." --Gandalf
