5 Jul
2012
5 Jul
'12
7:07 p.m.
On 6 Jul 2012 at 2:20, Pete Turnbull wrote:
On 06/07/2012 01:21, Fred Cisin wrote:
>>> When "A pint is a pound, the world around" ceases to be true, the
>>> world economies are in big trouble.
> On Thu, 5 Jul 2012, Pete Turnbull wrote:
>> But it's never been true. A pint here, and anywhere pints are used
>> outside the US, is 20 fluid ounces, and a pound is sixteen
>> ounces...
>
> I should point out, that I was taught that in school;
> taught that it was a "British saying",
I learned it as "A pint's a pound the world around" for the US and
"A pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter" for the British
version.
--Chuck