P's and Q's points and questions

[Mark Mandel]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:
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> And, in any case, were there a
> reference to pints and quarts, isn't the order backwards, sizewise accounting?

Do you mean that largest-to-smallest is more common? Is there any
evidence for that?

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Mark Mandel

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