I'm actually quite used to hearing liters used for dry measure or capacity such as trunk space or basket size. It sure beats bushels which I never really understood anyway.
Phil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Stephen Gallagher > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 1:29 PM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:36657] RE: Kiloliters > > > --- Martin Vlietstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The purists will argue that the use of cubic metres > > is preferable to the use > > of litres. However, I regard litres and cubic > > meters as interchangeable in > > the same way that metres and kilomtres are > > interchangeable > > I too consider them to be interchangeable, but I tend > to associate liters strictly with liquid volumes. > > I've seen car adversizements stating that a car had a > 100 L trunk. That seems wierd to me. But I'd rather > hear that a bucket contains 6 L of water and not .06 > cubic meters of water.
