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   From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl   
      
   Hibou  wrote:   
      
   > Le 27/12/2025 à 13:34, The Doctor a écrit :   
   > > Hibou wrote:   
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   > >> It seems 'centigrade' is on the ropes, but not yet knocked out:   
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   > >> (I'll leave the exploration of AmE and BrE to the viewer.)   
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   > > Centrigrade and Celsuis are interchangable.   
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   > The words 'centigrade' and 'Celsius' are interchangeable for denotation,   
   > but not for connotations.   
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   > A few outlying countries still use Fahrenheit:   
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   Hmmm... The majority of those seem to be nasty dictatorships,   
      
   Jan   
      
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