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: j...@frewston.plus.com
To: usma@colostate.edu
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: ezra.steinb...@comcast.net
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:
ezra.steinb...@comcast.net
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
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