[brudgers]

Worth noting that the teaspoon to tablespoon ratio is 3:1. Measures that are evenly divided into three are common in the English system. So common that despite having eight ounces in a measuring cup, the one third cup is part of a standard set of measuring cups.

[throw_away]

Except in Australia, where the ratio is 4:1, but then they also have something called dessertspoons, so they often say that it's 2:1. Really, it's 20ml instead of 15ml.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablespoon#Traditional_definit...