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Topic: Until 1974 the UK said a billion was a million million??

Anonymous A started this discussion 6 years ago #92,614

That's crazy lol


They now realize a billion = 1000 million.

http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/campaigning/past-campaigns/budget/how-much-is-a-billion.html

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later[^] [v] #1,050,315

The UK barely speaks English tbh. They are just a bunch of insane people trapped on an island.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,050,320

@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
I bet when a lot of the Brits actually thought that they were going to have to box up their things and call a moving truck when it was announced their people were leaving the EU.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,050,321

@previous (A)
Probably. They aren't very bright.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,050,331

@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
There's some of them here on the board.
They're not too bad....you know, for British fellers.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 11 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,050,333

@previous (A)
Yeah I don't mind being around them as long as I don't have to see or smell them, and they don't try too hard to pretend like they actually matter. It could be worse. We could have Australians.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 13 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,050,336

@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
I like how a lot of Australian women sound.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,050,338

@previous (A)
The women are ok but the men just like hunt crocodiles and fight kangaroos all day.

Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 28 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,050,342

you will still hear a phrase such as million million million in science shows instead of trillion (traditional) or quintillion (modern) presumably to avoid confusion

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 10 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,050,498

@previous (Sheila LaBoof)
I like how scientists, mathematicians, and engineers mostly just use exponents.

Although this Carl Sagan supercut is pretty fun.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 43 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,050,504

I’m the U.K., in 1974, did people say a billion was a million million?

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 5 hours later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,050,544

> a billion was a million million
While I've never said this myself, although less useful the long scale actually makes more sense:
M(ono) = 1 - million
Bi = 2 - million million
Tri = 3 - million million million
Quad = 4 - million million million million
Quint = 5 - million million million million million
etc.

The short scale was originally French and only later adopted by USMurca.
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