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Originally Posted by Taf
No-one asks for a "50cl beer" they ask for "a pint".
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Yes, and that's now just a word in France that people know as a social term for 50cl unless I'm misunderstanding what the bars are dong?
The 'old pint' in France was very different
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pint#Other_pints
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The word pint is one of numerous false friends between English and French. They are not the same unit although they have the same linguistic origin. The French word pinte is etymologically related, but historically described a larger unit. The Royal pint (pinte du roi) was 48 French cubic inches (952.1 ml),[7] but regional pints varied in size depending on locality and on commodity (usually wine or olive oil) varying from 0.95 l to over 2 l.[7]
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I'm not sure what's that's got to do with the Imperial Pint?