I guess the real puzzler then is why the web sites I looked at have a different editorial policy for the use of Fahrenheit (they don't) than they do for the printed newspapers. -- Ezra
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[email protected]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 2:25:10 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [USMA:47156] RE: Fw: Degrees Fahrenheit gone the way of the guinea? As well as on local radio most newspapers still quote 'F' in their listings. TV coverage is really down to the forecaster - eg Sian Lloyd (welsh) quotes F. By the way - even cars from the fifties have 'C' on the car temp gauge. From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:47152] Fw: Degrees Fahrenheit gone the way of the guinea? Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:09:10 +0100 ----- Original Message ----- From: John Frewen-Lord To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [USMA:47151] Degrees Fahrenheit gone the way of the guinea? Even the British Murdoch-controlled newspapers, which resolutely give all dimensions in imperial units (even those obviously converted from metric values), give temperatures in degrees Celsius. Canadian media (and the general population) also use Celsius, never a mention of Fahrenheit. Degrees F are now only found in the US. John F-L ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 9:32 PM Subject: [USMA:47151] Degrees Fahrenheit gone the way of the guinea? I heard on the BBC World Service last night about a location (which I missed) where the presenter said that the temperature in mid-April was already 45 degrees (no mention of "Celsius" even, just "degrees"). So, I poked around a few of the British papers online (Independent, Daily Mirror, Sun) as well as Sky News and could not find any mention of "Fahrenheit" anywhere (or even a way .. at least not an obvious one that I could find! ... to change the temps display from Celsius to Fahrenheit. In fact, the Mirror also gave wind speed in "kph". (Yes, yes, it should be "km/h", but I'm thrilled that a paper like the Mirror has managed to dump wind speeds in "mph" given that all speed limits are currently displayed on roads in "mph" .... I presume the Met gives the wind speed in "km/h" and the Mirror has simply not bothered to "dumb down" the values. So, it seems that Fahrenheit temps have gone the way of the guinea, the shilling, and the farthing. Why isn't anyone citicizing the Labour Party for not having "saved the Fahrenheit for Britain"? I also see from those papers that there is a new poll out showing that the Lib-Dems have pulled ahead of Labour and the Tories. Wouldn't that be a "kick in the pants" (as we say) if the Lib-Dems could form the next government? -- Ezra Get a free e-mail account with Hotmail. Sign-up now.
