The name Centigrade was abolished for all languages in 1948 and the name Celsius has been the correct way since.
The correct way for English and all languages is (degrees) Celsius. Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Predrag Lezaic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2004-03-07 17:31 Subject: [USMA:29105] Re: Temperature > Hi Pat, is it correct to say centigrade or celsius in English? > > Predrag > > Pat Naughtin wrote: > > >Dear Ezra and All, > > > >I guess that I converted 2 degrees centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit without > >considering the minus sign before the 2. > > > >I expect that you might do the same thing when it has been twenty or more > >years since you've seen the word Fahrenheit, and more than thirty years > >since you've seen the word centigrade. And maybe much longer since you've > >done a conversion between the two of them. > > > >Cheers, > > > >Pat Naughtin LCAMS > >Geelong, Australia > > > > > >
