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In the UK colloquial units are weird. Some units are imperial People's height in Feet People's weight in Stones+Pounds Beer in Pints (proper pints, not
by iso1210 7y ago
In the UK colloquial units are weird.
Some units are imperial
People's height in Feet
People's weight in Stones+Pounds
Beer in Pints (proper pints, not american tiny-pints)
Roads in Miles
Others are metric
Temperature in C
Milk in Litres
Petrol in litres, but we also use miles/gallon
Food in grams from shops, but oz when buying steak at a pub
Bottles and Cans in ml
Road distances on signs do tend to be yards rather than metres. Areas are often in acres, or square metres.
- globular-toast 7y agoMilk is in pints. Some are sold in litres because you get less but it kind of looks the same: 1L < 2 pints. But people generally talk about milk in pints.
- iso1210 7y agoMost people get milk from the supermarket. The milk bottles in my fridge is 2L, it also comes in 3L, 1L and 500ml https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/shop/fresh-food/milk-butter-and-eggs/milk https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/shop/fresh-food/milk-b... 18 of the first 24 are in litres.
- rozab 7y agoThe supermarket branded milk that everyone actually buys is always in pints though. All of this filtered, UHT, skimmed business falls into the "things that aren't plain old milk" category