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A lot of germanic and romanic countries just change the ending, so Million*1000 = Milliard and the Billion and Billiard, etc. Now I could be wrong about this, b
by bakuninsbart 6y ago
A lot of germanic and romanic countries just change the ending, so Million*1000 = Milliard and the Billion and Billiard, etc. Now I could be wrong about this, but I think it might have been part of Napoleons norming efforts.
There's no reason to switch to the short scale, that's the reason I guess.