>>Even more mysterious... if England is on the metric system, why is Ale sold in pints?
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>a) tradition
>b) tradition
>c) large stock of old bottles
>
>Did I mention tradition? And, of course, yes - tradition.

You are aware of course that an english pint is not the same as an american pint.

An american gallon is 3.78 liters, has 8 american pints, and 128 american ounces.
A british gallon is 4.56 liters, has 160 british ounces and 8 british pints.

You don't need statistics to lie, just change the nationality of the units.

That is not even going into dry vs fluid ounces ...