On Thursday 26 October 2006 05:29, Nigel Henry wrote: > 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. yes but it is French beer > > Nigel.
