An assessment of the Unicode standard

Tue Sep 1 19:09:59 EDT 2009

On 2009年9月01日 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