An assessment of the Unicode standard

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:35:46 -0700, Rami Chowdhury wrote:

>> SI is preferred,
>> but Imperial is permitted.
> 
> IME most people in the UK under the age of 40 can speak SI without
> trouble.
> 
> On the other hand, "let's nip down to the pub for 580ml of beer" just
> doesn't have the right ring to it ;-)


Oh those wacky Brits and their obsession with precision -- why do they 
have to specify the volume of beer? What's wrong with any of these?

Let's nip down to the pub for a beer.

Let's nip down to the pub for a couple of drinks.

Let's nip down to the pub -- good for drinkers who prefer a brandy.

Let's go get hammered! -- what they're really thinking.



-- 
Steven