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1 US fluid ounce =Ounces?
How much is that in grams?
2 US tablespoons
That is absolutely no help at all. I'm Canadian. We went metric over 40 years ago.
In that case it won't help to know that 1 table spoon is 3 teaspoons. What size spoons ????
I am only joking on that terrible non-metric system, that makes reading US recipes a nightmare
1 ounce is about 28 gram
When talking about potato chips, spoon size is irrelevant.
Thank you for the translation. The last time I used non-metric measurements in everyday life, I was 9. I'm over 50 now, and while I still use some non-metric measurements (I still think in miles, inches, and feet - although I'll use centimetres and millimetres if I'm measuring small things), ounces have ceased to have any meaning for me, whether it's something solid or something liquid being measured.
I ordered pizza the other night, and the online menu offered two choices for the pop: either a 2-litre bottle or something called a "20-ounce bottle." Since I don't have a clue how much 20 ounces is, I opted for the 2-litre bottle.
In the extremely hot summer of 1976 I was bicycling with some schoolfriends on holidays through UK, especially the hills of Wales. The ferns were brownish, our bicycle tubes making tracks in the new asfalt roads.
Hotter than hot....... and we saw along the road a small ice cream factory. They sold only per gallon.....
No idea how much that would be, but craving for something cold, we bought a gallon strawberry ice cream for the five of us..... more than 3.5 litre of ice
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That's a strange gallon. Round here it's 4.55 litres.
Still, they do do things differently in Wales. And mainly involving leaving out all the vowels.
"Vwls? Pfft! Wh nds m?"
Or in other, plainer, words:
"Vowels? Pfft! Who needs 'em?"
(Taffy, bach)
Still, they do do things differently in Wales. And mainly involving leaving out all the vowels.
"Vwls? Pfft! Wh nds m?"
Or in other, plainer, words:
"Vowels? Pfft! Who needs 'em?"
(Taffy, bach)
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It was a huge amount
But you are right
it must have been the UK gallon of 4.5 litres
That "more than 3.5" is the US gallon I looked up for the post to be accurate, which I was not
Why did US change the gallon ???
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Good question. I don't think even they know.
It's probably something to do with why they managed to slam a rocket by accident into Mars, or somewhere.
Or maybe they just thought they'd like some more of something.
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We have the same standard selection here, although occasionally we'll get weird flavours like curry or tandoori.
Back in the mid 90s they had Taco Bell taco supreme flavoured Doritos as well as Pizza Hut flavour. Both were amazing, and greatly missed. (single tear falls down cheek)
This is how I pronounce it.
I had to look it up on wiki:
This difference dates back to 1824, when the British Weights and Measures Act standardised various liquid measures throughout the British Empire, while the United States continued to use the earlier English measures. The imperial pint consists of 20 imperial fluid ounces and the US liquid pint is 16 US fluid ounces, making the imperial fluid ounce about 4% smaller than the US fluid ounce. (and the pint and gallon 17% larger)
[EDITED to correct that the UK pint and gallon is LARGER than the US equivalent]
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It is 8 pints to a gallon
So if your US Pints stay at the old British 16 fluid ounces, the US gallon is less.
Odd that the 1824 Act went to 20.
Were there not 20 shillings in a pound ?
Prior to the 1824, when the British Weights and Measures Act we and the US used English units, basically the Exchequer units. These were superseded in the UK by the Imperial units that we know know and love (to hate?). In the US they would never follow what the old tyrannical dictator did, so kept the old ones.
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That's not what Mr Samson is saying.
He's saying the imperial ounce is 4% smaller than the US
"And the pint and gallon 17% smaller".
I've read this several times now. And it still seems to say the same.
That's not what Mr Samson is saying.
He's saying the imperial ounce is 4% smaller than the US
"And the pint and gallon 17% smaller".
I've read this several times now. And it still seems to say the same.
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That's fluid ounces which is completely different.
32 ounces is approx 1 liter. I actually think a liter is a little more like 33. But for americans 8 fl ounces is a cup, 16 is a pint, 32 is roughly a liter, 64 is a 2 liter or half gallon, so it works for us.
So I ounce is about 32 mls if that helps.
For weight all I can ever remember is 2.2 pounds = 1 kg. US ounces for weight are 16 ounces = 1 lb. So a half pound or 8 ounces is like 227 grams.
Ahhhh.... I overlooked that change of the imperial ounce.
US (old British) is: 1 gallon = 8 pints = 8*16 old ounces = 128 old ounces
New imperial is: 1 gallon = 8 pints = 8*20*0.96 old ounces = 153.6 old ounces
128 / 153.6 = 83.33 %
got that one straight now
Just checked if there would be a nice integer number between barrels and gallons, US or imperial
if there would be a logic.... or imperial barrels...
but barrels are totally confusing
There is some sort of logic with these measures, it goes 2,4,2,4 etc:Ahhhh.... I overlooked that change of the imperial ounce.
US (old British) is: 1 gallon = 8 pints = 8*16 old ounces = 128 old ounces
New imperial is: 1 gallon = 8 pints = 8*20*0.96 old ounces = 153.6 old ounces
128 / 153.6 = 83.33 %
got that one straight now
Just checked if there would be a nice integer number between barrels and gallons, US or imperial
if there would be a logic.... or imperial barrels...
but barrels are totally confusing
4 gills in a pint
2 pints in a quart
4 quarts in a gallon
2 gallons in a bushel
4 bushels in a peck
So much better than metric
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