The power, or the confusion, of language: With my dinner, I had a glass of beer. After dinner, sitting on the deck, I enjoyed another glass.
I feel safe with the admission of having had two glasses of beer, much more than having had 'two bottles' of beer which over here to the followers of Sam Adams is the same. A glass is thought to hold eight, twelve ounces at most, while an honest bottle, to the beer lover raised in Europe, holds a liter - approximately a quart to those who dwell on this side of the pond. "Back there" even two bottles would not have raised an eye brow.
I feel safe with the admission of having had two glasses of beer, much more than having had 'two bottles' of beer which over here to the followers of Sam Adams is the same. A glass is thought to hold eight, twelve ounces at most, while an honest bottle, to the beer lover raised in Europe, holds a liter - approximately a quart to those who dwell on this side of the pond. "Back there" even two bottles would not have raised an eye brow.
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