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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <1rnygoz.1e95pzz18vjp88N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl>,   
   J. J. Lodder  wrote:   
   >The True Melissa  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I've added alt.usage.english to the newsgroups line.   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >Degree Centigrade is being phased out in favour of Degree Celsius. [1]   
   >Originally 'centigrade' was used also in France,   
   >(and perhaps other countries) not just in Britain.   
   >The centigrade/Celsius scale was invented before the metric system,   
   >and is not a part of it.   
   >It was proposed by Celsius as an improvement   
   >on the less practical binary scale of Fahrenheit.   
   >   
   >No difference in meaning, but why not standardise?   
   >   
   >Jan   
   >   
   >[1] Beware, Celsius is always degrees, because Celsius is a scale.   
   >'Kelvin' otoh is a unit, and writing 'degree Kelvin' is an error.   
   >   
      
   Still interchangable.   
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