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In many many European languages the term for a thousand million is "milliard". English is the odd one out here. [1]https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/milliard#Desc
by actionablefiber 4y ago
In many many European languages the term for a thousand million is "milliard". English is the odd one out here.
[1]https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/milliard#Descendants https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/milliard#Descendants
- mr_toad 4y agoThe word billion used to mean million million in the UK until the 70’s. The American meaning has become more common in the last half century.