Thread: Seriousness Decimal Currency in Britain
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Old 02-06-2011, 09:31 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by chamekke View Post
I've heard that the UK has established an interesting new tradition in weather reporting of using Celsius for colder temperatures and Fahrenheit for hot ones...
Not so much in reporting, but people do certainly speak to each other along those lines.

For example, if it's hot people will say something like, "Whew, it's hot, it must be 90 degrees!" (Fahrenheit). If it's cold, they'll say, "Brrr, it must be zero degrees today" (Celcius).
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