Re: The joy of Democracy

In alt.folklore.computers rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:50:27 -0000 (UTC), Peter Dean wrote:
 

In alt.folklore.computers Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

On 2024-10-21, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
 

On 21 Oct 2024 19:33:03 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>

Add up all those milliliters and pretty soon you have another bottle
of booze to sell.

>
Make them say “millilitres” first ... if they can’t, don’t sell it to
’em ...

 
Easy.  It's pronounced "see see".
 

We just say mills.  Everyone knows what you mean.  Once you eradicate
medieval measuring systems, life is so much easier.

 
Yup. In fact I bought a box of 9 mills this afternoon.

Pretty hard to do that in Australia.

More like "how long is that board?" "2400 mills"
"what's the volume of a stubby of beer?" "375 mills"
It's all about context.