On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:29:19 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

> Corey wrote on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:03:32 +0100:
>
>> In Scotland and the UK, a single measure of spirits at the pub
>> is 35ml or 25ml respectively.
>
>> What's a single measure of spirits in the USA and Canada?
>
>I'm not sure how consistent it is in the US. It is usually agreed that a
>"shot" is 1.5 oz (44ml) but there are all sorts of strange things like
>"jigger" and "pony". I usually stick to beer :-)

Thanks. Interesting. I wondered why Americans looked at single shot in
the UK funny.