Celsius has been the official name for a commonly used SI-derived temperature scale for 60 years. Yet, there seems to be some kind of tacit agreement among people to continue to call it centigrade. I was actually pleasantly surprised to hear a Discovery Channel voice call it Celsius for once. People in my department call it centigrade no matter how frequently I gently remind them. Do you have this problem? Does this happen outside the U.S. ?
Paul Trusten
