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Why use BB to represent billion, as opposed to one B? Seems unnecessary.

• Drbble 14y ago
  It's standard English.
  • EwanToo 14y ago
    I'm not sure it is. MM is semi-standard English, at least in the US, because M can be confused with the M used for one thousand. But B doesn't get confused with anything, and I've never seen BB written anywhere before this..
    • stephengillie 14y ago
      https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Long_and_short_scales https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Long_and_shor...
  • scopendo 14y ago
    Not in England. At least it's new to me.