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UK back to "imperial" measurements ?
themadhippy:
--- Quote ---Also you order in germany your beer whether as half-liter, or 0,2/0,3/0,4
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ein grocers beer ,bitter. saves all the confusion
IanB:
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on May 31, 2022, 09:10:20 pm ---I think it might have been because unscrupulous vendors would switch to the smaller measure but not reduce the price in proportion. Or at all. If someone asks for a pint they should get a full pint, not something that looks like one but isn't.
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That might be why the law exists, but the problem was the "specified quantities" law for draft beer. It is only permitted to sell draft beer by the pint (or third, half, two thirds or multiples thereof).
https://www.gov.uk/weights-measures-and-packaging-the-law/specified-quantities
james_s:
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on May 31, 2022, 09:10:20 pm ---I think it might have been because unscrupulous vendors would switch to the smaller measure but not reduce the price in proportion. Or at all. If someone asks for a pint they should get a full pint, not something that looks like one but isn't.
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If only that were the case. A "half gallon" carton of ice cream is nowhere near half a gallon anymore. They get smaller periodically in a lame attempt to conceal price increases.
https://www.mouseprint.org/2008/05/12/ice-cream-scoop-major-brands-downsize-again/comment-page-1/
Zero999:
--- Quote from: nightfire on May 31, 2022, 09:35:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: Benta on May 31, 2022, 09:21:43 pm ---
--- Quote from: TimFox on May 31, 2022, 09:13:16 pm ---Is there a reason why Europeans like to use "cl" instead of "ml" for their beverages?
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That's only for high-percetage stuff... you know, Schnapps, Korn etc. Standard measure is 2 cl, a double is 4 cl.
Bubbly, wine, beer are all in litres: 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1 l...
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My explanation would be that the numbers are therefore in the one-digit range and are comprehensible- so that no-one has to sya "20ml" please.
Also you order in germany your beer whether as half-liter, or 0,2/0,3/0,4 in a restaurant, and not 200ml/300ml/400ml.
Also you say usually centimeter, and not 10 millimeter- probably a habit of having usable sizes, and not overly precise stuff ordinary people cannot measure by eye...
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1, 2, 5 is a common geometric progression. It would make sense to adopt a more finer sequence for standard can/bottle sizes i.e 150ml, 200ml, 330ml, 500ml, 700ml, 1l, 1.5l, 2l because only making a limited number of sizes is cheaper.
eugene:
--- Quote from: nightfire on May 31, 2022, 09:35:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: Benta on May 31, 2022, 09:21:43 pm ---
--- Quote from: TimFox on May 31, 2022, 09:13:16 pm ---Is there a reason why Europeans like to use "cl" instead of "ml" for their beverages?
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That's only for high-percetage stuff... you know, Schnapps, Korn etc. Standard measure is 2 cl, a double is 4 cl.
Bubbly, wine, beer are all in litres: 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1 l...
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My explanation would be that the numbers are therefore in the one-digit range and are comprehensible- so that no-one has to sya "20ml" please.
Also you order in germany your beer whether as half-liter, or 0,2/0,3/0,4 in a restaurant, and not 200ml/300ml/400ml.
Also you say usually centimeter, and not 10 millimeter- probably a habit of having usable sizes, and not overly precise stuff ordinary people cannot measure by eye...
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Seems silly to order 0.2/0.3/0.4 liters when you could more easily order 2/3/4 deciliters, no?
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