The imperial units begin to reconquer the continent. In the last decade you can only buy kitchen measuring cups here, where in addition to scales for eights, quarters, or half a liter and milliliters, there are also scales for "cups" and "fl ozs" (whatever that means) printed on the scale. It's outrageous. I haven't checked the kitchen utilities in French supermarkets but I fear, it's the same situation there.
a 'cup' equals 8 ounces while 'fl ounces' means fluid ounces as opposed to dry ounces, fluid and dry amounts can be different based on what they are made of, most people in the US use a cup is a cup is a cup but cooks, chefs and chemists can be picky so they use fluid ounces when they are measuring fluids.
my wifes cousin was dating a girl from Mexico that he brought by our home for a short visit, we asked him where she worked but he didn't know so we asked her where she worked and she said 'wirpul', her English has a very heavy Spanish accent and we couldn't figure out what she said so I asked her what she did there and she said 'I make washers' and everyone looked at her and laughed at the same time, except her. She was saying 'Whirlpool' but saying it sooo fast and with her accent it came out 'wirpul'!! I explained why we were laughing and she too laughed and over the next 5 minutes tried very hard to say 'Whirlpool' but never really got it like we Americans say it.
In the Austro-Bavarian region of Germany and Austria you order a “Maß”, served in a "Maßkrug" (1 litre beer mug). A "Maß" is unknown everywhere else in Germany where smaller glasses (0.4 l / 0.5 l) are used [*].
[*] Except for the Cologne region where they use these ridiculously small "Kölsch" glasses (0.2 litres).
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a 'cup' equals 8 ounces while 'fl ounces' means fluid ounces as opposed to dry ounces, fluid and dry amounts can be different based on what they are made of, most people in the US use a cup is a cup is a cup but cooks, chefs and chemists can be picky so they use fluid ounces when they are measuring fluids.
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protocol > ghost = Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Ideas are not fixed, nor should they be; we live in model-dependent reality.
Diva > Garbo: Hollywood film
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Diva > Garbo: Hollywood film star Greta Garbo (1905-1990) of Swedish origin, depicted on the current series of Swedish banknotes: 100 kronor
word was "Martel". I posted
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word was "Martel". I posted "Charles". Conflicting post "Cognac" arrived few seconds earlier.
Anyway, there's a cognac named "Charles" too.
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Cockney Rhyming Slang
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Sirius —> Orion Ancient
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Sirius —> Orion
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Love --> Shack
A great song by the B-52s
Ideas are not fixed, nor should they be; we live in model-dependent reality.
my wifes cousin was dating a
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my wifes cousin was dating a girl from Mexico that he brought by our home for a short visit, we asked him where she worked but he didn't know so we asked her where she worked and she said 'wirpul', her English has a very heavy Spanish accent and we couldn't figure out what she said so I asked her what she did there and she said 'I make washers' and everyone looked at her and laughed at the same time, except her. She was saying 'Whirlpool' but saying it sooo fast and with her accent it came out 'wirpul'!! I explained why we were laughing and she too laughed and over the next 5 minutes tried very hard to say 'Whirlpool' but never really got it like we Americans say it.
I added "Dione", a moon of
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I added "Dione", a moon of Saturn, the last missing outer planet in this multi-word link.
In the Austro-Bavarian region
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In the Austro-Bavarian region of Germany and Austria you order a “Maß”, served in a "Maßkrug" (1 litre beer mug). A "Maß" is unknown everywhere else in Germany where smaller glasses (0.4 l / 0.5 l) are used [*].
[*] Except for the Cologne region where they use these ridiculously small "Kölsch" glasses (0.2 litres).