>>On 6/23/06, Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> wrote:
>>
>>Rather amusing (to me) is the US saying "A pint's a pound, the
whole
>>world 'round", which is so counterfactual that it made me very
>>nearly splutter with rage the first time I heard it.
>Larry Sulky <larrysulky@...> wrote:
>I've lived in the US and Canada almost all my life. I've never heard
>that saying. I have heard "A pound's a pound the whole world round",
>presented as a British saying. --larry
I've lived in the US ALL my life. My mother used to quote that to
us
all the time, especially when teaching us how to cook.
What is the sense in "a pound's a pound..."? Sounds redundant to me.
Charlie