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Nobody cares. Celcius is too much trouble when you've lived by fahrenheit all your life!Hey! I care! Furthermore, I maintain that it's Fahrenheit that's too much trouble when you've lived your whole life in Celsius!  FWIW, I've seen more or less the same joke but with, say, Winnipeggers and Torontonians (the latter not being known for their ability to resist inclement weater; the former being able to more or less function normally in cold most people would describe as bone-chilling). And of course, degrees Celsius.
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Hope it didn't seem I was claiming any credit for this. It came to me unsourced in an E-mail from a native upstate New Yorker. I'm sure it's been around the block many times, with many different localities, as Bean pointed out. In any case, as a semi-tropical girl, I am in serious pout mode.  Jackie, you want to trade houses next year from say, November to March? 
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You can do it in your head quite easily:
°C x 9/5 + 32 = °F
°F - 32 x 5/9 = °C
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You can do it in your head quite easily:hahahahaha! maybe you can...
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Well, I admit I happen to remember the conversion through using it, but that's if you want it exact which normally you don't. Key is simply that 0°C = 32°F. To do it simply, take °C, double it and add 30 and that gives you a good feel for how hot it is if you normally think in °F. Or take °F, subtract 30 and halve the result if you normally think in °C. That's good enough for normal domestic use! So 20°C, double it to 40, add 30 gives 70°F, comfortably warm. Almost exact. Easy peasy .
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maybe you can...that's what i wanted to say
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...Tongue should be in middle and vibrating
with good cheer, Bronx style.
Ah, the old "razzberries".
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