I don't know anyone who uses the long scale scientifically or colloquially in the UK except for the occasional out-of-date pedant. Maybe some of the older gener

I don't know anyone who uses the long scale scientifically or colloquially in the UK except for the occasional out-of-date pedant. Maybe some of the older generation still think it's ambiguous, I think I remember one of my parents commenting on it about 10 years ago.