How bored tourists invented an Olympic sport. Centigrade or Celsius? Piqua

<p>1158. This week, we go full Winter Olympics, tracing the origin of "ski," "luge," "toboggan," and more. Then, we look at why we say "Celsius" instead of "centigrade."</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/grammargirl" target="_blank">Join the Grammar Girl Patreon.</a></p><p>🔗 <strong>Share your familect recording in </strong><a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/GrammarGirl" target="_blank"><strong>Speakpipe</strong></a><strong> </strong>or by leaving a voicemail at<strong> </strong>833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)</p><p>🔗 <strong>Watch my </strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/mignon-fogarty" target="_blank"><strong>LinkedIn Learning writing courses</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p>🔗 <strong>Subscribe to the </strong><a href="https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe" target="_blank"><strong>newsletter</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p>🔗 <strong>Take </strong><a href="https://podsurvey.com/GRAMMAR" target="_blank"><strong>our advertising survey</strong></a><strong>. </strong></p><p>🔗<strong> Get the edited </strong><a href="https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1158/transcript" target="_blank"><strong>transcript</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p>🔗 <strong>Get </strong><a …