Jim and all, You are correct. Huge numbers of people, even those who support metric, still call it centigrade. Norm ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R. Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I would be willing to bet five centidollars that she would have > immediately understood "centigrade thermometer". I've heard doctors and > nurses use that old name many times. > > Jim > > "Hu, Alfred" wrote: , I just had an incident with the nurse > > who took my temperature at a doctor's clinic last week. > > > > I simply asked the nurse if they ever used Celsius thermometers if a patient > > requested it. To my surprise she did not even know what Celsius is and she > > is an RN. > alfred
