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The UK used to use milliard, and officially switched to billion for 10⁹ in 1974. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
by Symbiote 5y ago
The UK used to use milliard, and officially switched to billion for 10⁹ in 1974.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scale (there's a map of current usage, most of Europe uses milliard etc.)