Pint-pot Sentence Examples

When it comes to well wishes and life blessings, no one beats the Irish for turn of phrase. Popular Irish blessings and proverbs, such as “May the road rise up to meet you,” are sure to put a smile on anyone’s face. But what about the phrases that are a little darker — especially those ones about the Devil and the gallows? Believe it or not, those proverbs are as well-intentioned (and quintessentially Irish) as a rainbow kissing the Blarney Stone.

Measurement abbreviations are not hard to master. They are the same for singular and plural forms of a word, which simplifies things significantly. For example, one kilometer is abbreviated 1 km, and two kilometers is 2 km. Let's take a look at the most often used measurement abbreviations and get a little insight into how these abbreviations are developed.