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This makes me laugh a little.
For years, Americans have made fun of Europeans habit of over regulating, but this is exactly why it happens.
In Europe, glasses are standardised, and have to be marked by an approved agency (such as the British Standards Institution) to guarantee the volume.
So a pint glass is always a pint. That's 20 fluid ounces.
For some reason, when you crossed the Atlantic, you lost the other 4 and made a Pint = 1 pound of water.
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