Here in the UK, all electric cookers that I have seen that are not older than me, have temperatures only in degrees C, no F at all. When I was at school, I remember in the cookery class that they had some really old cookers that F on them, but most had only C on them. That was around 1979.
It is rare to see F anywhere in the UK, other than in some newspapers when trying to sensationalise the temperatures in summer, and a minority of papers who give out forecast temps primarily in F. Some give F equivalents to the C temps as well, but most use C only or at least as the primary temp system. On TV all weather forecasting has shown C temps on maps for many years (at least since the late 1970s) and sometimes the forecaster will say what a temp is in F, probably for the sake of old people who are too lazy to learn C and BWMA members (who are too loath to live in the modern world).
Most people in the UK, regardless of their general usage of metric, understand and use temperatures in Celsius. Some people have no idea of metres, km, kg, etc., but are quite comfortable knowing what 20 degrees Celsius is.
David King
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Mike Panfil wrote:
I have a question for those of you who reside in Canada...
When you converted to Celsius was the switch from Fahrenheit complete? In other words, were all references to Fahrenheit on oven and other household devices replaced with Celsius on temperature dials and/or gauges?
Thank you,
Mike
