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   From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
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   In article <10ill45$2hrgc$1@dont-email.me>, daniel47   
   @nomail.afraid.org says...   
   >   
   > On 26/12/2025 7:33 am, The True Melissa wrote:   
   > > In article <10ijben$1rst9$1@dont-email.me>, daniel47   
   > > @nomail.afraid.org says...   
   > >> On 25/12/2025 11:31 pm, The Doctor wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Cheers from cool Canada, where is it 0 on both scales.   
   > >>>   
   > >> On which 'both scales', Binky??   
   > >   
   > > Celsius and Centigrade. :-D   
   > >   
   > Ah!! Of course, I had forgotten that, for some reason, there are two   
   > names for the one scale.   
   >   
   > Could that 'two names' thing be an "England v the rest of the World"   
   > thing?? i.e. the real name is 'Celsius' but England uses 'Centigrade'   
   > (or vice versa)??   
      
   Come to think of it, I haven't heard anyone speak of   
   Centigrade in a while. I'm in the US, and people here say   
   "Celsius" now, but I heard "Centigrade" fairly often in   
   the 70s, maybe early 80s.   
      
      
   Melissa   
      
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