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Re: OT: Units (was Re: Numbers in Qthen|gai (and in Tyl Sjok) [long])

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Thursday, January 13, 2005, 10:38
Quoting Tristan McLeay <conlang@...>:


> Do Europeans use metric cups (250 mL), teaspoons (5 mL) and tablespoons
> (20 mL)? These beasts are also called Australian standard
> cups/teaspoons/tablespoons, so a negative answer wouldn't surprise me.

Here the tablespoon is 15ml, the teaspoon 5ml, while the cup to my knowledge
isn't used. The units are almost exclusively used in recipes.

                                                            Andreas