It happens in the UK.
On the weather bullitins themselves 'Celsius' is always used but elsewhere (even in documentaries) centigrade gets used very often. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:46279] Celsius > Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:51:33 -0600 > > > 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 > _________________________________________________________________ Have more than one Hotmail account? Link them together to easily access both http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/186394591/direct/01/
