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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:

> Eeyore wrote:
> >
> > Not UK fl oz of course.
> >
> > I did just check my own bottle of L&P and to my surprise it's labelled "
> > 150ml (5.3 fl oz) " but those are UK fl oz. There is no actual prohibition of
> > dual marking but almost no-one does it and it wouldn't be US fl oz since they
> > aren't legal here. Your bottle would be 15.6 fl oz here. Proof it any were
> > needed that what you have there is an example of export labelling for the US
> > market. It bears no resemblance in any other way either to the UK bottle
> > which is distinguishable by its orange label e.g.
> > http://www.leaperrins.ca/homeEN.asp
> >
> > I also checked a few other items and no others had fl oz on them. They're all
> > in ml.
>
>    They don't want to confuse small minds like yours, that can't do more
> then the simplest math.

Fluid ounces serve no practical purpose.

FYI when I started studing physics we briefly used the Imperial system and it made
no sense at all what with crazy measures like foot-poundals et al. Luckily we
rapidly changed to cgs and then MKS (the precursor of SI) and all of a sudden all
was clear.

I went on to get top grades in my Physics 'O' level (age 16) and 'A' level (age 18)
exams and furthermore got a pass (a second only sadly - the electronic content that
year was low) in the Physics 'S level' (special paper) normally only typically
taken by Oxford and Cambridge entrants (our 'Ivy Leauge' if you like). The school
wanted me to apply to Cambridge actually but they didn't offer any specialist
electronic courses, they were still stuck with 'natural sciences', so I went to the
University of London (UCL).

Doing Physics in Imperial measures is NUTS. Never mind that American measures use
the same names but are different ! What a bloody mess !

Graham