Now there's a sign that someone never uses metric :-) No-one uses the in-between "deci" or "deka" prefixed measurements (and in volume: "centi").

Your Guiness would be served as .47 Ltrs or 473 mls.

Centimeters are used for general rough measurements, mm for carpentry, etc. and buying fixtures & fittings (e.g. 1407 mm drop of blinds), food by the Kg, timber by the metre, cough mixture and car engines by the cc. :-) AFAICR, in physics, SI units generally use the big units, like Kg, Metre, Litre

>Imagine going into a Pub and asking for 4.7317647 deciliters of Guinness! :) In the U.K. you would have to ask for 5.6826125 deciliters

And staggering out with your head split open! :-)

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>I notice that the Imperial pint is equivalent to 1.2009499 U.S pints. I would certainly enjoy a good pint of Guinness more using the Imperial measurement system! Now that is a civilized measurement system. :)

That's why we Brits can take our ale better than you ham shanks. :-)
OTOH spirits are in bigger measures now that they've gone from gills to "mills".
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