"A pint is a pound" is not bad as a rough equivalent in the U.S. (although, to us metric-aware folks, it's bad because it's not SI).
However, the full expression is, "A pint is a pound the world around." That, of course, is not even approximately true. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of John David Galt >Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 21:01 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:27428] RE: Metric presentation > > >> Harry Wyeth wrote: >>> The very best way to demonstrate the "feel" of a kilogram is to >>> show a liter water bottle, filled with water! > >"Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Yes I agree. That is a good demonstration. > >>> Explain the beauty of the connection between the two. > >> It is definitely worth teaching but I personally don't think it has much >> 'beauty'. It is a convenience but not special. "A pint is a pound" is >> familiar to many Americans. > >But confusing. Is a pint a pound anywhere? Certainly not in the US. >A US gallon of water weighs 8 1/3 pounds, and a US pint is 1/8 of that. >If an Imperial pint weighs a pound it would mean that the Imperial pint >is smaller than the US pint even though the Imperial gallon is bigger >than the US gallon! Please set me straight: Is this true, or is the >slogan "a pint is a pound" just nonsense even in imperial measure? >
