Re: Posting limits

Tristan Mc Leay wrote:

> Carsten Becker @ school wrote:
>
>> NRW, Ba-Wü, Meck-Pomm are actually the only abbreviations that are
>> actually
>> used in everyday speech. On the milk cartons (word?!), I guess on the
>> bottles as well,
>
>
> If they're made of waxed card, they're cartons (and vice versa). If
> they're made of glass, they're bottles. If they're made of plastic,
> they're probably jugs. (but on the last two I wouldn't guarantee vice
> versa.
>
YAEWUT(yet another English word usage thread) warning

If they're made of plastic, in the UK, at least, they're not jugs.  A
'milk jug' is, well, a jug of milk.  A card one is definitely a carton.
A glass one a bottle.

I'm not sure about plastic ones.  I generally refer to them by
measurement. (eg. six pints of milk). They're the most common package,
here.  They come in six pints, four pints, two pints and one pint.

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