From the creators of the British Thermal Unit comes the streamlined British Unit? For a country with such a long and gloried history of interesting and curious

From the creators of the British Thermal Unit comes the streamlined British Unit? For a country with such a long and gloried history of interesting and curious names, these two really stand out :) Anyway, here in the antipodes, we refer to 'standard drinks', which is both better and worse than 'units'. Better, because it's more accessible to the layperson, and worse, because most normal volumes that one drinks is more than one 'standard drink' - a can of 'normal' beer is 1.4, and a glass of wine is 1.5 (certain servings of these equal 1 standard drink - it really depends on your drinking pattern) http://www.alcohol.gov.au/internet/alcohol/publishing.nsf/content/drinksguide-cnt http://www.alcohol.gov.au/internet/alcohol/publishing.nsf/co...