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I was confused as well, so I checked various European languages for what their word for billion is. I suspect they are french, using an abbreviation for milliar

by ghc 3y ago

I was confused as well, so I checked various European languages for what their word for billion is. I suspect they are french, using an abbreviation for milliard, the French word for billion.

H8crilA 3y ago
Not just French, also for example German and Polish. Milion, Miliard, Bilion, Biliard = Million, Billion, Trillion, Quadrillion (neither are justified because neither start at the beginning, that is at a thousand :) )
- schmorptron 3y ago
  This is one of the places where the US has a better naming standard than us in the EU imo. Just feels much more intuitive to count up with Bi, Tri without doubling them up every time.
  - suction 3y ago
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