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> For international purposes (america) this “long scale” fall out of use, with he “short scale” being recommended in the U.K. since 1974 I know a lot of people
by chimeracoder 4y ago
> For international purposes (america) this “long scale” fall out of use, with he “short scale” being recommended in the U.K. since 1974
I know a lot of people who didn't get that memo, because I still see the long scale with some regularity.
That said, the short scale is much more common overall.
- masfuerte 4y agoWhere? I'm British and old and, apart from in reference books much older than me, I've never seen the long scale used in any context.
- chimeracoder 4y ago> Where? I'm British and old and, apart from in reference books much older than me, I've never seen the long scale used in any context. Vestiges of it pop up from time to time. It's not really something you can Google directly for, but as an indication, literally the second hit on Google for "thousand million" - a term that only exists due to the long scale, and which is obsolete in the short scale - is an article about a Brexit-related bus ad: https://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/brexit-bus-is-2000-million-a-real-number-or-should-it-be-2-billion-36629390.html https://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/brexit-bus...