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ellen wickberg

wrote:
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>>Oh pshaw, on Mon 31 Jul 2006 09:42:35p, The Joneses meant to say...
>>
>>
>>>Brian Mailman wrote:
>>>
>>>
wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Isn't a cup a cup?
>>>>
>>>>A door isn't a door when it's ajar.
>>>>B/
>>>
>>>I'm still working on why we "can" in glass jars and have for decades. Some
>>>do use cans, but most home folks use jars. We all preserve, but why not
>>>jarring?
>>>Edrena
>>
>>Then there's the term, "canning jars". Also jarring. :-)
>>
>
> It's still all stuff and nonsense. A cup is a cup, whether
> transparent, glass, or plastic.
>
the volume of a cup is indeed the same. How you use the cup to measure
that volume is not as was just explained.
Ellen