strawberry selling (was Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))

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In article <DG6Bnw.K8w@polo.demon.co.uk>,
John Winters <john@polo.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Mind you, only left-ponders would do something as silly as selling
>strawberries by the pint (or litre)! :-)

Well, they're mostly sold by the punnet in the UK, which is a small
basket (usually plastic, nowardays). I've no idea if the punnet is
defined (I rather think it is), but it's clearly meant as a unit of
volume.

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Illtud Daniel                                      idaniel@jesus.ox.ac.uk

"I was born outta time" Napoleon Wilson                             FFPGP

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