On Fri, 29 Dec 2000 11:55:54 -0800, "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>From the daily "HeadlineNewsMail," from CNN. > >Note the use of "15 centimetres," with neither a comment nor a change to >American spelling. > > Britons are facing their iciest winter since 1994 > with heavy snow and freezing temperatures > causing chaos across the UK. Around 15 centimetres > of snow fell across most of the UK on Thursday, with > some flights cancelled and police urging motorists to > stay off the roads with the freezing weather forecast to > last for days. They warned that driving conditions would > remain treacherous with black ice on many roads after > overnight temperatures plummeted to minus 10C (14F). Weather forecasts (at least on the BBC) tend to use centimetres now. >I assume they omitted the degree sign because they're unsure of how to make >it display on all email platforms. The degree symbol is almost always missing from UK media reports. I suspect it's sheer laziness (though no doubt many think it's the correct way of showing it, as it has been used such much). -- Chris KEENAN UK Metrication: http://www.metric.org.uk/ UK Correspondent, US Metric Association
