From Wikipedia
1 breakfast cup = 8 British imperial fluid ounces
= 4/5 tumbler
= 1 1/3 cups
= 1 3/5 teacups
= 3 1/5 coffee cups
= 4 wine glasses
= 2/5 British imperial pint
≈ 7.69 US customary fluid ounces
≈ 0.96 US customary cup
≈ 227.3 millilitres
≈ 0.91 metric cup
The mind boggles. I actually had no idea what the markings on our kettle actually meant; now I know
Hahaha! Just checked our very British kettle - and it is calibrated in metric units up to a maximum of 1.7 litres.
So so much for the British Imperial fluid ounce red herring.
Imgur are still blocking content to UK viewers. All I see is a blue box with "CONTENT NOT VIEWABLE IN YOUR REGION". Their caps, not mine
Because our on-line regulator Ofcom has decided to sue them under the UK Online Safety Act. Imgur has responded by blocking all Imgur content to people from the UK.
Ho hum.
This is the BBC's article on the Imgur blue screen https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gzxv5gy3qo
Our daughter, having lived in Australia for the last 10 years, developed the characteristic rising inflexion at the end of each sentence (listen to the Wombat walkers).
She then decided that it sounded just wrong as an ex-pat Brit, and eradicated it totally from the way she speaks.
I was lucky enough to meet Prunella Scales around 20 years ago. She gave an acting masterclass to our local pro theatre company, Creation Theatre, that for some reason we got invited to. She was very nice, and was really tiny.
RIP Prunella Scales, who played Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers. Aged 92 after a long decline from Alzheimers.
93 apparently.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd0yn5gyndo