Before Canadian metrication, "une chopine" (not chopin) was used for an Imperial pint. An Imperial quart was "une pinte."
Both are defined in my 1983 petit Larousse illustr�. It points out that chopine represents Canadian usage. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-usma@;colostate.edu]On >Behalf Of Han Maenen >Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 22:44 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:22891] Re: Anachronistic measures > > >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? ;-) >> >> >> >
