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Growing up in Canada, in the generation I did, we tend to use both.... though metric is official. For winter temperatures, we tend to work in C. 0 is freezing
by dedward 16y ago
Growing up in Canada, in the generation I did, we tend to use both.... though metric is official.
For winter temperatures, we tend to work in C.
0 is freezing - it's convenient. We'll say it's +5 or +10 or -5 out... we know we're talking about C.
Occasionally I'll catch my parents, or even me, saying "It's like 90 degrees out" - we're talking F obviously - only used for pool heater and hot days... because 100F is damn hot.
As to better.... in that all measurement systems are provably equal, the metric one is the world accepted standard, so just go with it already, jeeze...
- angus77 16y agoI'm trying to figure out how old you are if you use both. Older than me (33), as I haven't the slightest clue what the temperature in Fahrenheit is, but younger than my parents (mid-60s) who insist on talking to me in Fahrenheit (and I still never managed to pick it up!)
- crasshopper 16y ago30 + celsius degrees * 2
- angus77 16y agoI hope that's 30 + (celsius degress * 2), otherwise he's older than my parents!