James Freysinger sent me a privcate message:

>"Joseph B. Reid" wrote:

>> The Canadian Metric Practice Guide lists the following cups:
>>                 Canadian        227 mL
>>                 U.S.            237 mL
>>                 UK              284 mL
>>
>> These numbers arise from:
>>                 4 Canadian cups = 1 imperial quart
>>                 4 U,S. cups = 1 U.S. liquid quart
>>                 5 British cups = 1 imperial quart
>
>        In that case, shouldn't the Canadian cup be 25 % larger than the
>British cup? Or are you saying there are two imperial quarts involved
>here?
>
>Jim


Thanks, Jim, for the correcxtion.  I should have written

>>                 5 Canadian cups = 1 imperial quart
>>                 4 U,S. cups = 1 U.S. liquid quart
>>                 4 British cups = 1 imperial quart

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