Ezra said on 22 Oct: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ezra Steinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 8:22 AM 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? ;-) Some unruly types moved in next door recently (due to the owner's not checking out the tenant's credentials properly). They drink a lot of beer out of 375ml cans but use the word "firkin" every third word. Maybe it's an old Scottish unit of measure too?? Mike
