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its called a half-pint, you absolute melts (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] ajoebyanyothername 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I do hope this isn't a road to the term 'pint' just becoming a generic name rather than actually holding meaning. I remember when a 99 referred to the price!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The number 99 meant royalty in Belgium, where flakes came from. Nothing to do with price

[–] ajoebyanyothername 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Did not know that, very interesting! Wonder if there's something similar for the UK.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Lion and Unicorn? Probably? The actual crown itself has a fancy form of copyright on it where you cannot really use it on anything except for historical stuff or tacky memorabilia celebrating the likes of a coronation, jubilee, birth, death, etc

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The british pound once referred to the value of a "pound" of silver at the time. Though the meaning of even that measurement of weight has likely changed

[–] ajoebyanyothername 1 points 2 months ago

A very good point, I'm just bitter about the cost of a 99!