Why make things complecated?!
Why do we have both celcius AND Fahrenheit?
Why are there two? Can't it just be celcius?...it would make life easier!!
If you don't care or have something rude to say, then don't answer please.
2006-08-08 12:18:43 · 15 answers · asked by daniel4joyce 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
BTW to Americans... this question isnt really aimed at you, its for the UK...well London.....but you can still answer if you want =)
But don't be insulted!
2006-08-08 12:36:54 · update #1
I agree. The metric system is much more convenient. Coming from a country with metric system it was very confusing to remember all the conversions between ounces and pounds, inches and yards and miles. With metric system everything is a factor of 10, 100, etc. I hope there is some government regulation that would address this.
2006-08-08 12:25:13 · answer #1 · answered by mityaj 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
WELL, u BlTCH
america has been using Fahrenheit for WAYY longer than we have celcius, so why switch? just leave us americans that have common sense ALONE, and go live in some other country where people use celcius so you can be satisfied
2006-08-08 19:24:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In tthe us... we use fahrenheit.....
The U.S has an "easier way" to interperet certain measurments... .ie.. the Mile Vs Kilometer ect.......
Its just the Universal way....... having both available for reference. Some people give there Height by the foot.... or my cm.
Its sucks but that is the world.. not all things will ever be the same.
2006-08-08 19:23:08 · answer #3 · answered by BeezKneez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people come from different cultures and have differnt languages etc. This includes different ideas about temperature measurement. I dont agree hat it's complicated having a variety of ways of doing anything means that there is at least one way which yoo will understand.
2006-08-08 19:30:01 · answer #4 · answered by malcy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are different ways to measure temperature because the people who developed the methods were not aware of other methods or thought that they could improve on existing methods.
Also, there are other ways besides the two you mentioned to measure temperature, including Kelvin.
2006-08-08 19:22:56 · answer #5 · answered by hott.dawg™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the same reason why we all don't speak the same language.
Did you know that the current keyboard is configured to make it harder to type? The typists got so fast on the original typewriter keyboard that they started jamming the keys ... so the keyboard was rearranged to make 'em slower. Go ahead try to change it back.
2006-08-08 19:21:42 · answer #6 · answered by Sam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
celcius may make it easier for u but not for me and people of an older generation as we were brought up and taught farhenheit. thats why the two.
2006-08-08 20:49:45 · answer #7 · answered by crophilia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you'll direct yourself to the following web page there is a lot of information about each and their origins.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit
2006-08-08 19:25:50 · answer #8 · answered by nothing 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, it does make things confusing doesn't it? I've always used Celsius for measuring outdoor temperature, etc., and Fahrenheit for measuring body tempurature. Weird, eh?
2006-08-08 19:22:05 · answer #9 · answered by erthe_mama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. Farhenheit was great it meant you knew where you were.
70's - nice and warm
80's -hot
90's wow that's hot.
what is the equivalent in celsius? 34 or something? Is that hot or cold? What's that all about?
2006-08-09 16:25:41 · answer #10 · answered by fieldmouse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋