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Originally Posted by JVGazeley
I'd be worried seeing that here... We've never had temperatures above 38 degrees.
We do measure temperature in Celsius over here though...
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Actually we measure temperature in Celsius in the US also, for some purposes -- but not when reporting weather. The UK is a bit ahead of us in adopting SI measurement units for many things. For example, we Americans still favor (or favour) inches and fractions or thousandths thereof rather than the much more convenient millimeter (or millimetre) for measuring length.
However, during my travels in your country I have noticed that speed limits are posted in miles per hour, and beer is sold by the pint. I guess some traditions persist longer than others,
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