Interesting that the Scots used a measure called chopin. It was an old French unit. That makes one think of a French influence on Scotland in pre-metric times. Has the chopin also been used in French speaking Canada? I would think so.
Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ezra Steinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-10-23 2:22 Subject: [USMA:22882] Anachronistic measures > Chris mentioned anachronistic measures in his comments about the case of the > Austrian woman who wants to be able to serve beer in litres. In that vein I > just came across the following: > > mutchkin -- a Scottish liquid measure of four gills. The old Scottish gallon > contained eight pints, sixteen chopins, 32 mutchkins, or 128 gills. > > (Hmmmm...I wonder if the BWMA would support the return of the mutchkin, > along with the gill and the chopin. Care to find out, Chris? ;-) > > >
