XPost: uk.media.tv.sf.drwho, alt.usage.english   
   From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl   
      
   The True Melissa  wrote:   
      
   > I've added alt.usage.english to the newsgroups line.   
   >   
   > In article <10ill45$2hrgc$1@dont-email.me>, daniel47   
   > @nomail.afraid.org says...   
   > >   
   > > On 26/12/2025 7:33 am, The True Melissa wrote:   
   > > > In article <10ijben$1rst9$1@dont-email.me>, daniel47   
   > > > @nomail.afraid.org says...   
   > > >> On 25/12/2025 11:31 pm, The Doctor wrote:   
   > > >>>   
   > > >>> Cheers from cool Canada, where is it 0 on both scales.   
   > > >>>   
   > > >> On which 'both scales', Binky??   
   > > >   
   > > > Celsius and Centigrade. :-D   
   > > >   
   > > Ah!! Of course, I had forgotten that, for some reason, there are two   
   > > names for the one scale.   
   > >   
   > > Could that 'two names' thing be an "England v the rest of the World"   
   > > thing?? i.e. the real name is 'Celsius' but England uses 'Centigrade'   
   > > (or vice versa)??   
   >   
   > Come to think of it, I haven't heard anyone speak of   
   > Centigrade in a while. I'm in the US, and people here say   
   > "Celsius" now, but I heard "Centigrade" fairly often in   
   > the 70s, maybe early 80s.   
      
   Degree Centigrade is being phased out in favour of Degree Celsius. [1]   
   Originally 'centigrade' was used also in France,   
   (and perhaps other countries) not just in Britain.   
   The centigrade/Celsius scale was invented before the metric system,   
   and is not a part of it.   
   It was proposed by Celsius as an improvement   
   on the less practical binary scale of Fahrenheit.   
      
   No difference in meaning, but why not standardise?   
      
   Jan   
      
   [1] Beware, Celsius is always degrees, because Celsius is a scale.   
   'Kelvin' otoh is a unit, and writing 'degree Kelvin' is an error.   
      
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