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Subject: Re: [ABOUT-WORDS] Pints
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:30:04 -0500
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Ok--so the English pint is still based on the Imperial Gallon.
Got it.
FRED
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From: Bruce Todd <>
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Sent: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 1:25 pm
Subject: [ABOUT-WORDS] Pints
Fred says -
> But is the pint a pound the world around?
> Is the UK pint the same as a US pint?
> If I ordered a pint of stout, would I get more liquid?
Before I go have a pint, I will answer your question, Fred.
A pint is one-eighth of a gallon and there are 2 pints in a quart and 4
quarts in a gallon, wherever you speak about it. But each of these measures
is different between the UK and the US.
As a liquid measure -
1 UK pint = 0.5682 litre ....... 1 US pint = 0.4732 liter
As a dry measure -
1 UK pint = 568.2 cc ........... 1 US pint = 551.1 cc
In the United Kingdom, the volume of a pint remains the same for both liquid
and dry goods, but in the United States there is a 16% difference between
liquid and dry measures with the same name.
I know you can figure out quarts and gallons from here.
If you want to get your money's worth, come to Canada.
Bruce.
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