I'm starting to find this nonsense quite amusing now!
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat Naughtin Sent: 22 January 2005 10:31 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:32051] RE: A half litre of beer please. on 2005-01-22 02.14, credoiniesum at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> 5) You won't know that many pubs have oversized glasses with a pint >> and half-pint mark scratched into the glass, this is to accommodate a >> head with no questions asked. > Last time I was in the UK all the pint glasses I saw had that little > mark on it with a line showing where 1 pint was, leaving room for the > head. > That was not my experience when I was last in the UK. Of the 'pints' I saw some were marked with a 'half-pint' mark but I don't know if you used one of these you would actually get half a pint of beer of would you get a quarter of a litre (250�mL) with enough froth to reach the 'half-pint' mark. If it was the former of these, it might be advisable to order two 'half-pints' please so you would get 568�mL of beer. Cheers, Pat Naughtin Geelong, Australia 61 3 5241 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metricationmatters.com This email and its attachments are for the sole use of the addressee and may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. This email and its attachments are subject to copyright and should not be partly or wholly reproduced without the consent of the copyright owner. Any unauthorised use of disclosure of this email or its attachments is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender by return email.
