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This is the first time hearing the term "kilobucks". I love it (and am stealing it for future conversations).
by wingmanjd 4mo ago
This is the first time hearing the term "kilobucks". I love it (and am stealing it for future conversations).
- goodmythical 4mo agoI wish megabucks and gigabucks had the same ring...
- HPsquared 4mo agoMegabucks is a common word but not often used as a unit
- liotier 4mo agoIn French project management parlance, we use k€ all the time.
- msk-lywenn 4mo agoI guess the french equivalent of kilobucks would be briques (bricks)
- Ectiseethe 4mo agoHistorically, a "brique" used to be a million of anciens Francs (old Francs), then converted to 10 000 nouveaux Francs (new Francs) in 1960. Since the switch to euro, I think the most commonly accepted value of one "brique" is (unofficially) 10 000 €, but the uncertainty makes it basically useless.
- pafje 4mo agoSee also the classic french movie: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_cent_briques,_t%27as_plus_rien https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_cent_briques,_t%27as_plus...... I can't recall I've heard "brique" used since the switch to € but it might just be my local bubble
- stymaar 4mo agoIf you were born before WWII, yes. (The only person I know that still used «briques» in these decades were my grand parents born in the 1920th)
- hashar 4mo agoI still use « briques », typically « 10 briques » instead of « 100 k ». I think there is some poetry in sticking to the old obsolete term.
- partyficial 4mo agobecause of the metric system?
- mapleoin 4mo agoHow do you pronounce that? Kilo-euro or K-euro?
- Ectiseethe 4mo agoWhenever I hear it, it is pronounced "keuro" (k-uh-RO). And "meuro" (m-uh-RO) for millions that are Mega-euros (M€).
- liotier 4mo agokha-euh-ro - including the "euh" impronounceable by non-French.