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This strikes me as a vastly superior way of doing things.. Any insight as to why things went 'the wrong way'?
by cat199 10y ago
This strikes me as a vastly superior way of doing things..
Any insight as to why things went 'the wrong way'?
- sundarurfriend 10y agoApparently [1], both ways of counting originate from France. This 'superior' way came first and was adapted by the British, then our current way of naming was created and adopted by the US. Wiki says this one then became the standard because of USA's dominance in the financial world. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_large_numbers#Extensions_of_the_standard_dictionary_numbers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_large_numbers#Extensi...