On Thursday 26 October 2006 13:37, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: > On Thursday 26 October 2006 04:24, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Wednesday 25 October 2006 23:18, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: > > > On Wednesday 25 October 2006 14:17, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 25 October 2006 21:32, Robin Laing wrote: > > > > > 16 or 20 ounces to a pint, depending on where you are. Of course > > > > > the ounces are different. I have yet to see a litre be different > > > > > than a litre. > > > > > > > > A pint of water > > > > weighs a pound and a quarter > > > > > > thought it was "A Pint is a Pound The World around" > > > > I don't know where that comes from, but it just isn't true. Ask the lady > > in your life how many fluid ounces in a pint - if she cooks/bakes she > > will tell you that there are 20. > > I cook and bake [my ex taught me] and I use 16 fl oz =pint > http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/cooking Both 20 fl oz =pint , and 16 fl oz=pint are correct, depending whether you are living in the US, or the UK. The cooking conversion page is wrong with saying that the conversions apply to the US, and British measures. The weight conversions apply to both, but the liquid conversions only apply to the US. The page "capacity and volume" makes that clear, where there are conversions for both US, and UK imperial measures. There is a big difference in the size of the US gallon compared to the UK imperial one, but the comparison between the US fl oz, and the UK imperial one is slight. Both gallons= 8 pints, and here comes the rub. A pint of beer in the UK has more beer in it than a pint of beer in the US. btw. beers cheaper in France. Nigel.
