• Obi@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    Isn’t it also because they would use the same units but undercut the American buyers or something? Same why a pint isn’t a pint?

    • Malgas@beehaw.org
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      2 days ago

      The pints thing actually has the same cause as I was talking about above: The British standardized around the Elizabethan ale gallon, while America used the Queen Anne wine gallon.