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To: Iron Munro
Just checked his Wikipedia page and then looked at some of the foreign-language versions--they keep Fahrenheit 451 as the title of the book but some of them helpfully explain that that is the equivalent of 233 degrees Celsius (some are more precise: 232.78 degrees).
27 posted on 06/06/2012 8:37:31 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus
Just checked his Wikipedia page and then looked at some of the foreign-language versions--they keep Fahrenheit 451 as the title of the book but some of them helpfully explain that that is the equivalent of 233 degrees Celsius (some are more precise: 232.78 degrees).

LOL. That's something I'd never thought of before.  Wonder if they change it in the story.

29 posted on 06/06/2012 8:43:04 AM PDT by zeugma (Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
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