Well maybe they viewed it as the density of vodka being close enough to the density of water for the average person to see the two are as good as equal.
Maybe Remek can answer on behalf of the Polish people what they must have been thinking. It could all be in how the question was asked. It could be the person who translated the question into Polish and Russian made it sound like they were asking for an equivalent and that is why the response of 1 L was given instead of 1 kg. Jerry ________________________________ From: John M. Steele <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 6:03:21 PM Subject: [USMA:44066] Re: cultural differences in the use of metric units I don't know about that. The Poles should be metric enough to know that not everything has a density of 1 kg/L, and in particular, vodka doesn't. That kilogram of vodka should be 1.05 L or more depending on proof of the vodka. --- On Sun, 3/22/09, Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:44064] Re: cultural differences in the use of metric units To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 5:38 PM Well, it looks like the Germans are the smartest and the Americans the dumbest. What a shame! Jerry ________________________________ From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[email protected]> To: U..S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 3:30:51 PM Subject: [USMA:44062] cultural differences in the use of metric units This is fun... http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Measure-Cultural-Differences-in-Metric-Units&id=240461 -- Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association (USMA), Inc. www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 US +1(432)528-7724 mailto:[email protected]
