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Just arrived to make the exact same comment. Overstated a 1000 times, which suggests they are mistaking the new US-style billion of 1000 million for the old fo
by Wildgoose 8y ago
Just arrived to make the exact same comment.
Overstated a 1000 times, which suggests they are mistaking the new US-style billion of 1000 million for the old form of a billion (i.e. a million million).
- Svip 8y agoI think the different 'billions' are called long and short scales.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales