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There are also long billions and trillions, still in common use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion
by lehi 6y ago
There are also long billions and trillions, still in common use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion
- peteretep 6y agoI think I would debate “in common use”, but “was in use until very recently” seems reasonable EDIT: For English
- GolDDranks 6y agoMaybe you are restricting the discussion to American and British English, which I am not very qualified to argue about, but they are in common use in my native Finnish and many other European languages.
- sellyme 6y agoYeah in most common forms of English you will likely go your entire life without ever hearing a single person use the long scale forms. Many of the words in other languages that used to translate to the (long) "million", "billion", etc. now actually translate to the esoteric "milliard", "billiard" in English.
- userbinator 6y agoThe relevant wiki page is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Current_usage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Current_...