6 Jul
2012
6 Jul
'12
9:28 p.m.
On 6 Jul 2012 at 19:49, Tony Duell wrote:
'Two nad a quarter pounds of jam
Weighs about a kilogram'
"A liter of water's a pint and three quarters."
I found this interesting tidbit:
"The legal standard English spirit measure is 25ml or 35ml. These are
the metric conversions of the old measures of 1/6 gill or 1/4 gill
(or 1/5 gill in Scotland).
The gill is sometimes spelled jill. There is an explanation of the
nursery rhyme:
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came
tumbling after.
When Charles I scaled down the 'jack' (a two-ounce measure) so as to
collect higher sales taxes, the jill, by definition twice the size of
the jack, was automatically reduced also and 'came tumbling after.' "
By what measure does one buy firewood in the UK? Is it still by the
cord?
--Chuck