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So a US fl oz doesn't weigh an ounce ?
Graham
Who Killed the Electric Car?
May 16, 2008
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No, a US gallon of water is 3.785 litres, which at 2.2046 pounds per kg, comes out to 8.345 pounds. An Imperial gallon of water is exactly 10 pounds, so the ratio is 10:8.345 or 1.198:1, just about 6:5.
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Phil Hobbs
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_ounce
JF
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Lucky then that almost no-one these days uses them isn't it ?
Graham
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You never miss an opportunity to be a nasty little bitch, do you?
JF
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Are you suggesting that fl oz make any kind of sense ? Especially when there THREE different definitions.
Graham
Haha! This Wikipedia article is one of the best arguments in favour of the metric system I've come across. What a mess!
Jeroen Belleman
At least the British fl oz actually weighs an ounce ! But no-one here uses them any more. Not for ages in fact.
We have kept the pint though for certain uses (different to a US pint of course) for traditional reasons. Asking for 568ml of beer doesn't quite have the same ring to it. ;~)
Gaham
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Most of the world seems to think so:
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Especially when there THREE different definitions.
Really? One size of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce is clearly
labeled as containing 15 fluid ounces.
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They only put fl oz on those for the export market. You won't see it in the non-US market. You see ml ONLY in most of the world.
Because it doesn't have a standardised value.
A fl oz could be
28.41 ml 29.57 ml or 30 mlBloody stupid if you ask me.
Graham
So, the volume changes, depending on what is in the container?
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I\'ve got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.
Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
Not UK fl oz of course.
I did just check my own bottle of L&P and to my surprise it's labelled "
150ml (5.3 fl oz) " but those are UK fl oz. There is no actual prohibition of dual marking but almost no-one does it and it wouldn't be US fl oz since they aren't legal here. Your bottle would be 15.6 fl oz here. Proof it any were needed that what you have there is an example of export labelling for the US market. It bears no resemblance in any other way either to the UK bottle which is distinguishable by its orange label e.g.
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I also checked a few other items and no others had fl oz on them. They're all in ml.
Graham
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non-US market. You see ml ONLY in
Then those are US fluid ounces, which is what we\'re used to, so
there\'s certainly no confusion there.
So it\'s gone from: "But no-one here uses them any more. Not for ages
in fact." to: "but almost no-one does it" ?
John Fields wrote:---
You'd be confused by a BRITISH bottle of L&P then !
As for your love of fl oz, well if you like living in some backwater, who am I to care. I believe Myanmar (a.k.sa. Burma) still uses 'tradional measures' too but most likely the British versions. Other than that you're on your own.
Graham
Not the genuine thing then obviously ! Certainly never ever went anywhere near Worcestershire. ;~)
Graham
I didn't.
It was YOU who got your knickers in a twist when I commented that US liquid measure is all at sea.
Graham
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"The sequel was later scrapped as there were not enough topics to discuss."
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What a load of nonsense.
LIES like that just make you look stupid.
Graham
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