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Originally Posted by Liesse
I could sell a cookbook using cups no problem and it'd still be usable, but I'd want to make sure it used the UK norm measurement before launching it here.
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But remember an American cup and a British cup while both defined as 8 fluid ounces use a different size fluid ounce (imperial fluid ounce is 28.4 ml while American is 29.6 ml). The imperial pint is 20 fluid ounces or 568 ml while the American pint is 16 fluid ounces or 473 ml. As a Canadian, I had to deal with both measurement systems often at the same time and I welcomed the kinda switch to the metric system since while I still deal with two measurement systems, at least now the names are different. Take a trip across the border and fill your fuel tank -- imperial gallon was 160 fluid ounces or 4.544 litres while the American gallon was 128 fluid ounces or 3.789 litres. Now I just need to worry about litres and American gallons.