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<blockquote data-quote="Squire Fulwood" data-source="post: 1356666" data-attributes="member: 44622"><p>I just stole this from Wikipedia</p><p></p><p>"The imperial pint (≈ 568 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre" target="_blank">ml</a>) is used in the United Kingdom and Ireland and to a limited extent in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth" target="_blank">Commonwealth</a> nations. In the United States, two pints are used: a liquid pint (≈ 473 ml) and a less-common dry pint (≈ 551 ml). Each of these pints is one-eighth of its respective <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon" target="_blank">gallon</a> but the gallons differ and the imperial pint is about 20% larger than the US liquid pint. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_imperial_and_US_customary_measurement_systems" target="_blank">This difference</a> dates back to 1824, when the British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weights_and_Measures_Acts_of_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank">Weights and Measures Act</a> standardised various liquid measures throughout the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" target="_blank">British Empire</a>, while the United States continued to use the earlier <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_units" target="_blank">English</a> measures. The imperial pint consists of 20 imperial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_ounce" target="_blank">fluid ounces</a> and the US liquid pint is 16 US fluid ounces, making the imperial fluid ounce about 4% smaller than the US fluid ounce."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Squire Fulwood, post: 1356666, member: 44622"] I just stole this from Wikipedia "The imperial pint (≈ 568 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre']ml[/URL]) is used in the United Kingdom and Ireland and to a limited extent in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth']Commonwealth[/URL] nations. In the United States, two pints are used: a liquid pint (≈ 473 ml) and a less-common dry pint (≈ 551 ml). Each of these pints is one-eighth of its respective [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon']gallon[/URL] but the gallons differ and the imperial pint is about 20% larger than the US liquid pint. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_imperial_and_US_customary_measurement_systems']This difference[/URL] dates back to 1824, when the British [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weights_and_Measures_Acts_of_the_United_Kingdom']Weights and Measures Act[/URL] standardised various liquid measures throughout the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire']British Empire[/URL], while the United States continued to use the earlier [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_units']English[/URL] measures. The imperial pint consists of 20 imperial [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_ounce']fluid ounces[/URL] and the US liquid pint is 16 US fluid ounces, making the imperial fluid ounce about 4% smaller than the US fluid ounce." [/QUOTE]
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