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It's English that's weird here. In most languages that have the word “billion”, the long scale is used.
by TazeTSchnitzel 4y ago
It's English that's weird here. In most languages that have the word “billion”, the long scale is used.
- djmips 4y agoAs mentioned elsewhere - American English.
- TazeTSchnitzel 4y agoI would be very surprised if there's a currently spoken variety of English that doesn't use the short scale. British English switched many decades ago.