Huh? The Imperial quart is larger than the liter. The pint (20 Imperial fl oz) certainly is not.
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 14:11 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:19800] RE: Metric Standards and the USMA > > > 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/ > > > > >
