Posted by Peter Ceresole on September 04, 2003 at 19:27:29 from 80.177.22.49 user PeterC.
In Reply to: I thought you were metric in England posted by Laurence Monkhouse on September 04, 2003 at 06:40:05:
And even in France where metric measurements were invented you often can get 'une pinte' of beer.
Indeed. But it'll usually be half a litre, not an accurate 'pinte'. And they sell bread and several other goods (depending how deep in the country you are) in 'livres', but again, it's really another word for half a kilo, not for 450gms.
And even this summer I heard people in a country market talking in old francs. However those really are dying out- the users, I mean. To most French people now, they're just meaningless zeroes.