I had a milestone this week where I could understand the appropriate clothing choices for various temperatures in Celsius without doing the conversions to Fahrenheit.
a trick I used as I learned was memorizing the equivalent of every 10C and then it was easy to know approximately. -10C = 14F, 0C =32 °F, 10C =50 °F, 20C =68 °F, 30C =86 °F, 40C =104 °F. Now I know very well, even though I still think first F.
@WTL but what is a “metre”? I think it’s equivalent to a meter, but being identifiably foreign it’s likely got a tariff to take into account. And now we’re back to difficult mental conversions…
@WTL puts the "except" in "American Exceptionalism"?
Noah Webster helped with adoption, partly motivated by nationalism. Clearly, any independent alternatives to British spellings are less oppressive & tyrannical.
And we certainly didn't reject a tyrannical monarch ruling us across an ocean for nothing. You see, we prefer to elect our own local tyrannical monarch. That's democracy. Something to be admir̶e̶d. Excuse me, "admierd".
Fabulous!! I no longer make any concessions to USians when it comes to temperature. Liberia is the only other non-island country that still uses Fahrenheit. I think of clothing: 0 bundle up 10 a jacket/sweater 20 comfy without layers 30 find the AC ASAP. Of course, I'm Canadian, so your temperature/clothing rage might vary.
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Kat O’Brien
in reply to Bomkatt • • •Now I know very well, even though I still think first F.
WTL
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in reply to WTL • • •randomized
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37.2°C long
WTL
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in reply to Mike Lawton • • •@mlawton Today I learned that "meter" is an Americanism. What's the aversion to -re? 🤷🏻
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre
SI unit of length
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Mike Lawton
in reply to WTL • • •@WTL puts the "except" in "American Exceptionalism"?
Noah Webster helped with adoption, partly motivated by nationalism. Clearly, any independent alternatives to British spellings are less oppressive & tyrannical.
And we certainly didn't reject a tyrannical monarch ruling us across an ocean for nothing. You see, we prefer to elect our own local tyrannical monarch. That's democracy. Something to be admir̶e̶d. Excuse me, "admierd".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American…
comparison between US and UK English spelling
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)WTL
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in reply to Bomkatt • • •Elena ``of Valhalla''
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EllenInEdmonton :mstdnca:
in reply to Bomkatt • • •I think of clothing:
0 bundle up
10 a jacket/sweater
20 comfy without layers
30 find the AC ASAP.
Of course, I'm Canadian, so your temperature/clothing rage might vary.
Bomkatt
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