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From: baynes@ukpsshp1.serigate.philips.nl (Stephen Baynes)
Subject: Re: Tablespoons (was: degrees Celsius)
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Mark Baker (mnb20@cam.ac.uk) wrote:
: Most tea cups are about a third of a pint.

: I can well believe that some cups are smaller than that - about a fifth of a
: pint would be consistent with the way cafetieres are sold (mine is a "12
: cup" and does about five and a bit of my mugs). I think ones this small are
: normally called coffee cups though.

Coffee cups are often called 'demi-tasse', that is 'half-cup'.

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