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the unit measured by thirst, where Britain and America can't agree on volume.
means A unit of liquid volume equal to half a quart — about 568 ml in Britain and 473 ml in the US — most often invoked when ordering beer.
from From Old French 'pinte,' a measure of liquid, which came into English in the Middle Ages. Its deeper root is uncertain, but it's often traced to Medieval Latin 'pincta,' possibly meaning a painted mark — the line on a vessel showing how far to fill it. So a pint may quite literally be 'the painted level,' the stripe where measuring stops and drinking begins.
- size split
- UK pint is 20 ounces, US only 16
- guinness ritual
- Proper pour takes 119.5 seconds in two parts
- latin root
- From pincta, meaning painted mark on the vessel
- blood unit
- Donors give roughly one pint per session
- head matters
- A pint legally includes the foam in many places
guinness world record pint — largest pint of beer: 2,056 liters poured in dublin, 2016
british imperial pint — 20 fluid ounces, standard uk measurement since 1824
us liquid pint — 16 fluid ounces, about 473ml, smaller than uk pint