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foresterh on Jan 9, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Medium, Please

One reason I always say "16 ounce" or "12 ounce". I have no idea if they speak Starbuckian or any other coffeeshop lingo, but 16 ounces is always 16 ounces.

TorKlingberg on Jan 9, 2011 [–]

That will not work outside America though.

snprbob86 on Jan 9, 2011 | [–]

But Starbuck's made up words will?

I wonder if the metric system has an analogous unit of measure to the ounce....

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