And Canada and Belize. In Canada, as I've seen it myself, pool temperatures are in Fahrenheit, and as I've been told, the sacrosanct package of body dimensions (pounds, feet/inches) includes degrees F for fevers. Belize apparently still uses F for ambient temps, per Wikipedia.
But it's good to see that F is on its way out in the UK. Remek On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 5:09 PM, John Frewen-Lord <[email protected]>wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* John Frewen-Lord <[email protected]> > *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 <[email protected]> > *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 > >
