on 4/29/2002 8:28 PM, Jim Gottlieb at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Quarts are a bit smaller than litres > > Not in the U.K.
Yes, I knew that and should have qualified my answer. But BOTH quarts are ABOUT the same size as one litre. What I was commenting on was the claim by Chris Keenen that: > pint-size milk cartons are still the norm in supermarkets here > (smaller stores use litres because they are smaller) In any case, whether we use US quarts or UK quarts, a litre is not smaller than a pint (which is half a quart). If a pint is half a quart, then a pint would be approximately equal to half a litre, no matter whose quart you used. If a pint is about half a litre, how can a litre be "smaller". Regards, Bill Hooper retired physics professor, Florida, USA -------------------------------------- "Simplification" begins with "SI" --------------------------------------
