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Sorry, I wasn't intending to imply that they were American English specific, just that I only have experience with English as spoken in the USA. What's the adv
by aftbit 3y ago
Sorry, I wasn't intending to imply that they were American English specific, just that I only have experience with English as spoken in the USA.
What's the advantage of the long scale? Just historical?
- samatman 3y agoI don't think the long scale actually has advantages compared to the short. One could argue euphony: the alternative repetition of million, milliard, billion, billiard, and so on, is pleasing in a way. But really, each is just a quirk of languages. I don't expect 7 to sound like "seven" in other languages, why expect billion to sound like "billion" rather than "milliard" or "trillion"? When conveying information across languages, we use numerals, sometimes with the SI scales, which are universal. Just another confusing faux amis to figure out when learning another language, really.