Not as bad as the pint. I thought I was being short changed when I first ordered a beer in the USA!
On 21 Jul 2020, at 10:57 pm, Tom Russell <tom_russ...@sympatico.ca> wrote: >> Do we really want to stick with a system of units that few of us understand, >> with the >> same name denoting different quantities depending on context? > > I agree with Shmuel. As a Canadian I was always mildly amused that the > Americans had different quarts and gallons from us. They were wrong of > course, but in a naïve way. Their quart was 32 ounces and ours was 40, their > gallon was four quarts and so was ours. However I remember my shock when I > discovered the ounce is different as well. A US fluid ounce is 1.040843 of > our fluid ounces. That just seems so *wrong*. 😊 > > G. Tom Russell > “Stay calm. Be brave. Wait for the signs” — Jasper FriendlyBear > “… and remember to leave good news alone.” — Gracie HeavyHand > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
