Fwd: Metric conversions..??

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Mon Apr 12 20:15:42 1999

On Apr 11, 20:56, Christian Fandt wrote:

> Sorry to a few of the list members who are not native English speakers.
> There are a few strange colloquial or American expressions. Ask in
private
> email. However, even I am not sure what a "demijohn" really is except for
> perhaps a 1/2 bath in a house.

A large squat glass bottle, typically 2-3 gallons. Over here, 2 gallon
sizes are commonly used by homebrew winemakers.

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Dept. of Computer Science
						University of York
Received on Mon Apr 12 1999 - 20:15:42 BST

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