On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 14:08 -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote: > Mike Hommey wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 09:25:13PM +0000, Evgeni Golov > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:42:08 -0300 Paulo Marcondes wrote: > >> > >> > billion = 10^6 * 10^6 (IIRC, as used in Portugal - no jokes here!) > >> > >> =10^12 :) > >> > >> and Germany, France, former UdSSR, <insert your country here> > > > > Anywhere where milliard is 10^9, basically... > > Which includes England, according to Merriam-Webster [1]. [...] > [1] http://www.m-w.com/mw/table/number.htm
The American usage has been becoming more common in England (and the rest of Britain :-) over the past few years, particularly in science and finance related usage. I could be wrong, but I suspect most British people have never even heard of a milliard. It's usually referred to either as a billion or an "American billion". Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
