The UK (imperial) pint and quart are larger than the liter, while in the USA they are smaller. One of FFU's many oddities.
If the pint and quart were smaller, you wouldn't be having all this waa, waa, waa in the UK over bottled milk and beer in pubs. Carleton In a message dated Mon, 29 Apr 2002 �4:56:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 15:44:32 +0000, Barbara and/or Bill Hooper ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>on 4/28/2002 5:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> pint-size milk cartons are still the norm in supermarkets here >>> (smaller stores use litres because they are smaller) >> >>How so? >> >>Quarts are a bit smaller than litres and a pint is only half a quart. How do >>you arrive at litrew qre smaller than pints? > >What I meant was that the metric 'equivalents' are smaller: 500 ml vs. >568 ml, 1 litre vs. 1.14 l etc. > >Chris > >-- >UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/ > >
