Re: OT: we quaint Brits (was: those irregular prepositions)
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 23, 2006, 21:15 |
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On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:55:35 -0400, Aidan Grey <taalenmaple@...>
wrote:
> As best I know - that's not SOOO counterfactual. I understood it refered
> to the fact that a gallon of water weighs 8 pounds - hence, a pint
> weighs a pound. That's the only context I've heard the phrase, anyway.
But that's exactly it: a gallon of water does not *always* weigh 8 pounds
-- only in the US, and presumably non-metric parts of Canada.
Paul
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