While growing up in Northern Virginia, I was raised with the understanding
that a "glass" was "8 fluid ounces...", in other words "one cup". Which is
in line with Phil's statement.
Linda
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From: "Phil Chernack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:37162] RE: a glass of water
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:46:05 -0400
Truth of the fact is that you should have around 2 L of fluid per day. It
is, as you say a guideline. The fluid can come in whatever form you want
from your morning cup of coffee to the afternoon bottle of water. "Glasses"
generally refers to around 250 mL.
Phil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf
> Of Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 6:22 PM
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:37161] a glass of water
>
> Putting aside the value of drinking 8 "glasses" of water a day, it seems
> that the makers of those large plastic driinking water containers we
> health-minded people use don't know exactly what a "glass" is. I suppose
> that,generally, a "glass" in the U.S. is one U.S. cup of 240 mL. But,
this
> afternoon at a local Walgreens, I found two different drinking cup
> products
> in an end cap basket full of them. One type was made in Chino,
California,
> USA, and was labeled "64 oz" (sic) and "1.89 L." The other, country of
> origin unclear, was labeled "2.2 L (74 oz)." The labels on each stated
> that
> each contained the recommended 8 glasses of water people should drink per
> day. On that basis, the former container yields a 236 mL "glass," while
> the
> latter yields a 275 mL "glass."
>
> I suppose these products are designed only for approximate measurement,
> but
> when it comes down to cases, the measurement is sloppy, with an inexact
> term, "glass." We also have the term "ounce" once again misused, since
> "ounce" refers to weight, not volume (fluid ounce).
>
> It seems that, when it comes to mass marketing, consumers don't care
about
> exact measurement, but they do care about size.
>
>
>
> Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
> Public Relations Director
> U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
> www.metric.org
> 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apt. 122
> Midland TX 79707-2872 USA
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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