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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <1766860595-12588@newsgrouper.org>,   
   athel.cb@gmail.com   wrote:   
   >   
   >The True Melissa  posted:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >Whzn I first saw this post, in a rapid sloppy fashion, I took 0 to mean   
   >the freezing point (but that's not of course what it says). Both scales agree   
   >at -40°, but not otherwise.   
   >   
   >One went I went to Niagara Falls towards the end of winter (probably March)   
   >I could see the thermometers displayed on both sides of the river, and saw   
   >that it was 0° in Ontario and 32° in New York.   
   >   
   >One thing I also noticed in that stay in Canada (January to April) is that   
   >they announced the location of the coldest place in southern Ontario each   
   >day on the radio, and it was pretty much always International Falls, a name   
   >that tells you immediately that the cold air was coming from the USA.   
   >   
      
   Yes!  Useful for both sides.   
      
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   >> > >>>   
   >> > >> 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.   
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   >> Melissa   
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