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gallon

English translation: litres

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:gallon
Selected answer:litres
Entered by: Sophie Raimondo

17:00 Oct 27, 2004
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Food & Drink
English term or phrase: gallon
1 gallon
What is the prefered unit in Canada? Is is gallons, or should I use litres?
Thanks
Sophie Raimondo
United States
Local time: 03:57
liters (litres?)
Explanation:
I believe Canadians use liters (litres?)
Selected response from:

conejo
United States
Local time: 05:57
Grading comment
Thanks a lot
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +6liters (litres?)
conejo


Discussion entries: 7





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
liters (litres?)


Explanation:
I believe Canadians use liters (litres?)

conejo
United States
Local time: 05:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a lot

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Benham: I think the Canadians call them liters.
6 mins
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agree  Dr Singh
7 mins
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agree  DGK T-I: actually, Canadians appear to use the spelling 'litres' very widely (and liters too, doubtless out of an affection for diversity:-) Canada went metric in 1970 (see refs in the notes to asker box) and apparently petrol is sold in litres,for example ~
12 mins
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agree  Heidi Stone-Schaller: liters or litres. Liters is the AE spelling
38 mins
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agree  Nizamettin Yigit
4 hrs
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agree  Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
18 hrs
  -> Thanks
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