On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:45:52 -0800, "Bill Potts"
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>Chris Keenan wrote:
>> Bill Potts told us that the pinte is nearly a litre,
>> so is a demi half of that pinte?
>
>To be specific, I think I said that pinte was used, in the Province of
>Quebec, for quart (Imperial). For pint (Imperial), they used chopine. That
>makes a chopine a demi-pinte. I think pinte and chopine were used,
>pre-metrication, for French liquid-container labels in the rest of Canada,
>too.
Yes, Bill, you gave the Quebec measure, but you also said: "In France,
"pinte" is an ancient measure, equal to 0.93 L (as opposed to the
1.136 L of the Imperial quart)." That is confirmed by Cardarelli's
book. My memory of going to Grenoble in my undergraduate days was that
pubs sold 'un demi', meaning 'un demi litre'; but I didn't want to
categorically say that that was true, as my memory may be playing
tricks on me.
I'd also be interested to hear from Louis, Han etc. how strictly
controlled beer glasses are in the rest of Europe. I get the
impression that they are not so tight on giving exact measures as we
are in the UK.
Chris
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