On 2010/08/17, at 07:47 , Martin Vlietstra wrote:
One of the quirks (irritations?) of the British system is that
bottled beer is sold in metric quantities, but draught beer is sold
by the pint.
Dear Martin,
Let me emend your email to read:
One of the quirks (irritations?) of the British system is that bottled
beer is sold in metric quantities, but draught beer is sold by the
reputed pint, which is sold in 500 millilitre amounts in a 568
millilitre container.
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