Chris & Markus, Regarding 'pints', in Australia/NZ, when we go into a bar for a beer, we ask for a 'midi' or a 'schooner'. These are two glass sizes. The word 'pint' isn't used as a measure but as an approximate glass size.
BWMA folk who poke fun and say 'I suppose we'll have to say "Give me a 568ml of beer please"' just show their ignorance and immaturity. The word 'pint' will continue to be used in the UK, but only as a name of a glass size, which of course has to be of a pre-defined ml value. Mike Perth, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 4:57 AM Subject: [USMA:21822] Re: Dual milk labeling On Mon, 19 Aug 2002 19:51:37 +0100, Markus Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The only aspect in grocery shop metrication that surprises me is that >milk in plastic containers is still sold in pints. These containers >would be very easy to replace, and I had though the exception for milk >was only for when it is delivered in glass bottles. What's the full >story behind milk metrication in the UK? As usual, it is misrepresented so often in the media. It is usually lumped together with the pint of beer as one of the exceptions that were negotiated. However, there is one vital difference: it is perfectly legal to sell milk in metric returnable containers (500 ml, 750 ml, 1 l etc.), so there is no NEED to sell in pints; but with beer it is still illegal to sell by the litre. Chris -- UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
