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- From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
- Subject: Re: Canadian English
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 10:59:58 +0000
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- :As a continental European, I spent the first dozen or so years of my
- :life under the impression that the whole world thought in kilometres
- :and Centigrade. I had a mighty good time when I first came across a
- :copy of _The Times_. It contained a number of cooking recipes with
- :all temperatures listed in Centigrade, Fahrenheit and gas marks. On
- :the other hand, in the weather forecast the temperatures were given
- :only in Centigrade and Fahrenheit, but not in gas marks, for some reason.
-
- That's because temperatures here would never get above Regulo 0. :-)
-
- (Not to mention the real reason - Gas Marks are a unit of Power, not
- Temperature. They only approximate to temperature in the long run
- on a perfectly leaky oven)
-
- G
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