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> but when it's hot, people always remember Fahrenheit and it's 80s, 90s, etc The US is the only country using Fahrenheit as far as I know, I never heard anyo
by realusername 7y ago
> but when it's hot, people always remember Fahrenheit and it's 80s, 90s, etc
The US is the only country using Fahrenheit as far as I know, I never heard anyone in the UK using anything other than Celsius. You don't even say "Celsius", just "degree", it's implied it's Celsius.
- aviation_ 7y agoI have the same experience. I'm an American expat so sometimes people will explicitly call out celsius for my benefit or as a joke, but yeah, nobody ever says celsius when they talk about the temperature here. "What's the temperature?" "It's gonna be 21." "Got it, thanks." That's how it usually goes.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoThe tabloids still seem to like Fahrenheit for heatwaves, and I've heard it used reasonably often in summer - in offices etc. I can only remember hearing someone use deg F when it's 70+. It's certainly declining and not as common as say 30 years ago, but it's definitely one of the holdouts. No one ever adds C or F, or even degrees very often, unless writing. It's -5; it's 30; it's 92, which are all self defining in UK climate.
- realusername 7y agoAh interesting, I checked and indeed the tabloids seems to keep Fahrenheit for some reason. I've never heard Fahrenheit spoken though.