I just think the word "Celsius" is ugly; "centigrade" is comparatively euphonious. A personal bias.
--- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Do you know what constitutes a "hate crime"? Put your thinking caps on. What tools do we need to determine whether a crime was motivated by hate or prejudice? Answer: We need thought police. -from "See, I Told You So" by Rush Limbaugh */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Joe Monk Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 12:17 Centigrade? It always thought it's Celsius. :) --- On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 11:16 AM Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting; centigrade is the one system I use nowadays without having to > think much about it. It's so easy: 0s are cold, 10s are cool, 20s are > warm, 30s are hot. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jackson, Rob > Sent: Monday, July 20, 2020 23:23 > > As a disclaimer, I'm not a complete bigot. I say miles and yards; but I > have this nasty habit of converting them to meters in my mind every time I > say them. The one thing I cannot get used to in every-day life is Celsius > degrees. I think in Fahrenheit degrees. Oddly enough, since they're > exactly the same thing, I find it easier to talk in Kelvins rather than > Celsius degrees. Maybe I just like starting at zero. :) I couldn't tell > you what absolute zero in Fahrenheit is; I guess I never cared. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
