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: It's been spelled both ways, along with other variations and alternatives (as noted in the REXX example). -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 17:35, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
: It's been spelled both ways, along with other variations and alternatives (as noted in the REXX example). -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 17:35, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

:: None of my dictionaries have celcius. I asked on my faforite English forum and got these responses:
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von Walter (AT), today, 21:52 Spam? ...

is Celcius a valid / used alternate spelling of Celsius
or just a misspelling in some Wikipedia articles and elsewhere?
Thanks in advance
Walter



Antwort:
Misspelling. #720341
von Joanne (GB/AT), today, 21:57 Spam? ...

http://www.onelook.com/?w=celcius&ls=a - the alleged entries either come up with no entry found or redirect you to celsius - apart from the wiki page for the rap album Celcius, and we all know that rappers can't spell ;-)



Antwort:
Wikipedia(SV): Anders_Celsius #720343
von Dracs (DE), today, 22:10 Spam? ...
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:: YOY should rosettacode insist and propagate a misspelling (my view) instead of using the usual word (Celsius was the one who defined the Celsius scale) --[[User:Walterpachl|Walterpachl]] ([[User talk:Walterpachl|talk]]) 20:20, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

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Celcius spellings

Shouldn't Celcius be Celsius ???

It's been spelled both ways, along with other variations and alternatives (as noted in the REXX example). -- Gerard Schildberger (talk) 17:35, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
None of my dictionaries have celcius. I asked on my faforite English forum and got these responses:

von Walter (AT), today, 21:52  Spam?  ...

is Celcius a valid / used alternate spelling of Celsius 
 or just a misspelling in some Wikipedia articles and elsewhere?
 Thanks in advance
 Walter  



Antwort:  
 Misspelling.   #720341 
 
von Joanne (GB/AT), today, 21:57  Spam?  ...

http://www.onelook.com/?w=celcius&ls=a - the alleged entries either come up with no entry found or redirect you to celsius - apart from the wiki page for the rap album Celcius, and we all know that rappers can't spell ;-)  



Antwort:  
Wikipedia(SV): Anders_Celsius   #720343 
 
von Dracs (DE), today, 22:10  Spam?  ... 
YOY should rosettacode insist and propagate a misspelling (my view) instead of using the usual word (Celsius was the one who defined the Celsius scale) --Walterpachl (talk) 20:20, 13 August 2013 (UTC)