Well, that's a bad way to look at it. A fluid Oz is 1/16 of a pint. An oz of weight is 1/16 of a pound. A pint of water weights 1 pound ("A Pint's a Pound, t

Well, that's a bad way to look at it. A fluid Oz is 1/16 of a pint. An oz of weight is 1/16 of a pound. A pint of water weights 1 pound ("A Pint's a Pound, the World Around"). Aside: I actually like the customary system for fluid measurements; it's based on halves and as such is divisible by eye, not requiring graduations.