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1 boîte (300 ml) de lait
How can there be a box of milk?
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Yeah, yeah--thanks, Myr. But there's still something inherently wrong with the idea of a box of milk. I will concede that milk can come in cartons, which are, I guess, waxed boxes (with funny tops!). I'll drink a carton of milk, but not a box of it.
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Wine comes in boxes. At least the good stuff does. The cheap wine comes in paper bags.
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Of late, I have been buying chicken stock and beef stock in boxes rather than in cans. Seems to be the hip new thing in packaging.
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Jackie, in Québec, a can is called une boîte de conserve. A box for conserving.
Can is an anglophone word that the government has been trying to eradicate from the language.
If you think about it though, a box isn't always square. Hat boxes are round. There are little fold-able gift boxes that have the shape of a pillow. Odd shapes and domed lids.
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From Ron's link: Norskog said he had not made a decision yet about continued use of the box despite some success in the market. "The cost of producing one 1.5 liter package equals the cost of bottling a case of bottles," he said. 
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Quote:
Of late, I have have been buying chicken stock and beef stock in boxes rather than in cans. Seems to be the hip new thing in packaging.
It takes one to know one, Father.
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So what Father Steve is saying is, it's hip to be square.
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