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I've been thinking we can un-sail that ship by getting explicit about which scale (when it's relevant). Always "million", but any time you say "billion" say "l

I've been thinking we can un-sail that ship by getting explicit about which scale (when it's relevant). Always "million", but any time you say "billion" say "long billion" or "short billion". If it catches on, after a sufficient period we can drop the "long" once everyone realizes that long is better (and gives us milliards and billiards).

bombcar 4y ago
We need more uses of long and short - a kilometer is a short mile, a kilogram is a long pound, etc.
- dllthomas 4y ago
  Maybe? It's a little different in that with the numbers it actually disambiguates.