Funnily enough I once got into a fight with the owner of a bar, who had an happy hour where the pinte would sell for the price of the demi (half pint). However

Funnily enough I once got into a fight with the owner of a bar, who had an happy hour where the pinte would sell for the price of the demi (half pint). However the demi was the same size of the pint served in thicker glasses. He claimed that since France is a metric country he had no legal obligation to call half a liter of beer a pint.