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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Or Centigrade, as it used to be called.
(, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:26, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
any cunt could have come up with that temperature scale and so I see no reason why his name should be on it
(, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:27, Reply)
I always used to just say 'C' because I wasn't sure. Little did I know I could have said what the hell I liked.
(, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:28, Reply)
Centigrade, because there are a hundred degrees between the two fixed points, and Celsius because Anders Celsius was the first to get off his arse and do something about standardising the scale.
Edit - although of course he had it arse for tit first time round with 0°C for boiling water and 100°C for freezing point.
(, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:30, Reply)
Because I hate it when people text me from Turkey saying "It's 21 degreeeees!" and I think "So fucking what, when I went to Spain it was in the 90s. You'd better get a refund."
(, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:31, Reply)
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