Talk:Temperature conversion

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)

I looked into REXX and see centigrade, centingrade, centesimal, Celsius, Celcius. WHERE did you find centingrade or centesimal? --Walterpachl (talk) 22:01, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

I don't keep track where I saw the references (I was doing some deep research on the history of old centigrade thermometers and came across the older names for it).   [Centesimal degree was mentioned in the Wikipedia article Celsius.]   I just support the alternate spellings, misspelled or not.   If some number of people use the misspellings, my program accepts it in an attempt to support the (named or misspelled) temperature conversions.   This shouldn't be construed as an endorsement, nor a tacit approval of the misspelling(s). -- Gerard Schildberger (talk) 22:32, 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)

No, that's not quite true.   Andres Celsius invented/created/defined   a   temperature scale; it was called centigrade (and other names) for two centuries or so.   For various reasons, around 1948 the name centigrade was replaced with Celsius by some international standards.   I know I was taught to use centigrade in grade school (USA), but by the time I went to college, Celsius was in use. -- Gerard Schildberger (talk) 22:32, 13 August 2013 (UTC)