2002-10-24 Every third word, huh? I would tend to guess they are not using a unit of measure. But, I'm sure even before you posted your email to the list, you knew exactly what word they were really using.
LOL! John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-10-24 18:49 Subject: [USMA:22923] Re: Anachronistic measures > 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 >
