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Do you have pints in the US? If not what sort of measure would a large drink be?

Date: 2007-10-20 04:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bittermint.livejournal.com
I've been to several bars and/or restaurants that offer beer by the pint. And I live in California!

Date: 2007-10-20 04:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
Is it realistic that someone would have a pint sized glass in their home?

Date: 2007-10-20 04:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bittermint.livejournal.com
Sure! The tumblers I have are all pint-sized.

Date: 2007-10-20 04:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
Excellent! Thanks!

*continues writing*

Date: 2007-10-20 05:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] midnightangel70.livejournal.com
It's not a term that is in standard use.

Were your asking if we use the metric system in the US? We typically use ounces, liters or gallons to describe drinks.

What kind of drink were you thinking about?

Date: 2007-10-20 06:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] herohunter.livejournal.com
I have never seen anyone around here ask for a PINT of anything, no.

If I'm reading a story where the characters are in the US and someone orders a "pint," I'll immediately know that the author is British. If they're drinking beer, go with a mug. Or in many places, you can order a pitcher of beer and then pour in glasses for everyone. Or have them order a large tap beer.

Date: 2007-10-20 06:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
A big glass of water

Date: 2007-10-20 06:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
Ok, it was actually a glass of water I was talking about. I guess I'll just say 'a large glass'

Date: 2007-10-20 07:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sussixer.livejournal.com
Yeah, probably best. We have different size glasses for different types of drinks. Like juice glass, small, short, maybe 4 ounces. Mug, for coffee and (gasp) tea. Tumbler, for 6-8 oz. versions of beverages. Usually milk or soda.(Coke) Large (or tall)glass, 8-10 oz. for water and larger drinks.

Hope that helps!

Date: 2007-10-20 07:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
It does. Thanks!

Date: 2007-10-20 07:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] herohunter.livejournal.com
Agreed!

And oh, your icon is beautiful. The model helps!

;D

Date: 2007-10-20 07:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kantayra.livejournal.com
For the most part, we don't use any kind of measurement to say how much we want. Beverages usually come in large and small glasses. You can buy beverages in stores in particular amounts (like, there are 12 ounce cans and big 2-liter bottles), but if you're going to a restaurant or pouring something for yourself, it's just a glass.

Date: 2007-10-20 08:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] redeem147.livejournal.com
Two pints, one quart, four quarts one gallon...

I think. Long time since I went to public school, pre-metric.

Pints aren't metric. Don't Americans use pints?

My husband just told me that Canadians are more into pints than Americans, and that their pints are a different size. I guess size does matter.

Date: 2007-10-20 09:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
LOL!!!

Date: 2007-10-20 09:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiggothy.livejournal.com
US pints are smaller than UK pints (16 fl oz as opposed to 20 fl oz). Feels very weird, reaching for your pint of beer & having to move your hand down about 1/2 inch in order to grasp the glass!
(yep, that is one of my strongest memories from my trip to the US a couple of years back)

Date: 2007-10-20 09:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
How odd. I have to say I've never had a pint in the US. Might have to try it next time I'm there

Date: 2007-10-20 10:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiggothy.livejournal.com
We were on the east coast, near Philadelphia, in a bar which was doing it's best to be like British pub. From other people's replies, I guess it's not as widespread as I thought it was...

Date: 2007-10-20 10:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sussixer.livejournal.com
Thanks, love the Jack icon you're sportingas well! =)

Date: 2007-10-20 11:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
Yeah, I went with 'large glass' in the end. I do try not to sound too British when I'm writing American characters ;)

Date: 2007-10-20 11:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
Yeah, sounds like it. I do love my pints

Date: 2007-10-21 03:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dipable69.livejournal.com
WE were told in Chemistry that the US in the only ones not on the metric system yet, but we are slowwly headed that way. Most things I've noticed is in milliliters and liters. We do have conversations for pints and the rest of the meteric system. We just can get most people on the bandwagon. So we most deal with to measurement systems.

Date: 2007-10-21 08:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] herohunter.livejournal.com
JACK IS LOVE!!!

:D

Date: 2007-11-05 03:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] muck-a-luck.livejournal.com
This has been bugging me ever since I saw it.

One of the other people posted - 2 pints in a quart, 4 quarts in a gallon. A pint is 2 cups. A cup is 8 ounces. A gallon is 128 ounces - 16 cups - 8 16 oz pints. A pint is intrinsically related to the size of a gallon.

Are gallons a different size in the UK? Or are "pints" of alcoholic beverages different in size from, say, the "pint" of cream you might buy for purposes of cooking? That is to say, do you use a different size pint to get drunk? :D

It seems v. strange to me.

Date: 2007-11-05 03:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] muck-a-luck.livejournal.com
Nevermind. I googled it. An Imperial gallon IS larger.

1 Imperial gallon = 153.721653 US fluid ounces

The world is an odd place.

Date: 2007-11-05 03:18 pm (UTC)

Date: 2007-11-05 03:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
Hee! Yes, it is

Date: 2007-11-05 03:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] muck-a-luck.livejournal.com
Though that doesn't work out well, either. Your ounces must be a different size from our ounces, too. Because it ought to be 20 oz x 8 pints = 1 (160 oz) gallon. Your ounces are smaller, because your gallon is only 153 US ounces.

Date: 2007-11-05 03:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
LOL! To be honest I rarely measure liquid in terms of ounces so I wouldn't know. LOL!

I had a quick look on Wiki and found this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_ounce

Date: 2007-11-05 03:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] muck-a-luck.livejournal.com
Interesting. So the American ounce IS somewhat related to a metric definition. How odd.

Date: 2007-11-05 03:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
I'm all confused now too. LOL

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