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>Is there a reason for that other than just tradition/history? Probably not. Just like the Japanese number system (as distinct from counters for objects) where
by muststopmyths 6y ago
>Is there a reason for that other than just tradition/history?
Probably not. Just like the Japanese number system (as distinct from counters for objects) where 1000/10000 are special units.
Even in English, the counting was not consistent. Isn't billion supposed to be 1 million million in the UK ?
Lots of the urban population in India is adopting US millions and billions in everyday language too, so I'm sure the global American monoculture will eventually overwhelm the local counters at some point.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoI don’t know anyone in England that means million million when they say billion, especially people working in finance or tech. I wonder if there even are any places that still use billion = million million. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion > American English adopted the short scale definition from the French.[3] The United Kingdom used the long scale billion until 1974, when the government officially switched to the short scale, but since the 1950s the short scale had already been increasingly used in technical writing and journalism; the long scale definition still enjoys some limited usage in the UK.[4]
- MandieD 6y agoGermany. 10^9 is “Milliarde”, 10^12 is “Billion”.
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