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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Holy shit, they're the same?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.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:28,
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YupCentigrade, 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.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:30,
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I'm always going to use this one.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."
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:31,
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