John, Yes. About 2-3 years ago I noticed them giving the metric values the same round appearance as the ounce values, and putting the metric in first place. The ounce values never changed.
Nat -----Original Message----- From: J. Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 2004 February 28 17:39 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; U.S. Metric Association Subject: Re: [USMA:29006] RE: Wisconsin Ice Cream Hi Nat, Are you sure they rounded off the metric value and not the number of ounces? >From the way you have typed it, it gives the impression that they >really mean 1.2 L, and put (40 oz.) as the approximate conversion. John On Saturday 28 February 2004 13:19, Nat Hager III wrote: > Proctor and Gamble has been doing that properly for years. Downy > fabric softener is listed as 1.2 L (40 oz) rather than 1.18L (40 oz). > Dawn dish detergent is listed as 740 ml (25 oz), rather than 739 ml > (25 oz). They obviously put some thinking into their rounding, others > can too if they try.
