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Horses for courses. I think Fahrenheit is more appropriate for human based temperatures (weather reports) due to its precision and range, Celsius for most everything else, and kelvin for specific science applications where one frequently needs to deal with temperatures well below freezing (generally cryogenic applications).
But it doesn't really matter. It's easy to do the conversion in your head so who cares?
North_Ranger
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Having grown up in a country where Celsius is used, my experience is completely different. If the temperature drops down to zero and below, you know there's gonna be snow, the roads will be slippery, and it's time to break out the heavier coat and hat. It's a clear line of difference between "a little nippy" and "cold".
But that's just me, of course.
I'm in the same boat. i get annoyed looking at the Fahrenheit system. It seems inconvenient.
North_Ranger
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Maybe because we can't stop laughing at that moustache? 
North_Ranger
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"I say, old chap, let's have a proper brain-whacking, what what?"
It worked for Sherlock Holmes... that's the only reason anyone remembers that art ever existed.
Ya know, I was thinking about this, and I think your reasoning is exactly backwards. If anything, by your argument,Farenheit should be more appropriate for the things you've attributed to Celsius, because, as you said, it has more precision due to it's higher range without havign to get into decimals. Conversely, why do we need this higher degree of precision to measure our comfort levels? Does it make a difference in how you go about your day if it is 103 degrees out versus 104? I imagine you likely dress the same for both, carry the same amount of water, even wear the same sunscreen.
GasBandit
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volyymi is acceptable Finnish as well. Like other languages, they have synonyms. Sorry. At least that's what google tells me.
North_Ranger
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"Volyymi" is considered Finglish at best, something you use among friends or unofficial contexts.
As for the "atrocity"... Finnish is not part of your language family, you Indo-European bugger. Besides, you probably got yours from French or Latin, so nyah.
As for the "atrocity"... Finnish is not part of your language family, you Indo-European bugger. Besides, you probably got yours from French or Latin, so nyah.
North_Ranger
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It's actually quite concise; the word above literally means "the strength of voice/volume".
Also, I once remember hearing an English-speaker say that spoken Finnish is very musical.
Also, I once remember hearing an English-speaker say that spoken Finnish is very musical.
Mind want to help out by updating google translate, than
And it's just silly they always take Finnish and never Hungarian, isn't it?
North_Ranger
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True dat, Bubble ol' boy. Or Estonian, for that matter.
I'm preparing for a trip to Croatia in a few months. Their language may be part of our family, and it may be using the same alphabet, but I still can't find any decent correlation between a word written in Croatian, and the sound of it. From a guess, I'd say you Northern bastards stole all their vowels
Most people on the side of the pond have never heard of Estonia.
It's where Santa lives!
North_Ranger
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I'll pretend I'm surprised, then
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Heretic.
If it makes you happy, the address given by the Belgian post for "Santa" is firmly in Finland. US has it in Alaska, Canada stays within their own borders, the UK lists an address in "Reindeerland". Not quite sure where that is...
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