[pyro-manic]

as the attempts to introduce the litre to replace the pint in the UK proved recently, it was simply ignored by the general public.

I don't think I've ever used pints for anything other than beer....

[Flipside]

Well, you tend to buy shellfish by the pint in the UK, not to mention milk, which comes in handy 2.2ltr bottles (i.e. 1 pint). Cooking tends to state both values, and you can choose which to use.

[kode]

2.2 litres = 1 pint? really? I thought a pint was about half a litre...

[Flipside]

Might be 2.2 pints to a litre, I was taught both, thus the result is that I can remember neither.

[Scuddie]

2.18 pints to a litre.  A 2 litre bottle of soda is about half a gallon.

[aldo_14]

Well, you tend to buy shellfish by the pint in the UK

But not bottled shellfish....... O.o

[Clave]

As long as my car gets 30 furlongs per pint, I'm happy...