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Thread #117114 Message #2519969
Posted By: Midchuck
19-Dec-08 - 01:12 PM
Thread Name: BS: From MILLIONS to BILLIONS?
Subject: RE: BS: From MILLIONS to BILLIONS?
I think "billion" has a different meaning between US and Britain.
"Billion" in the US is a thousand million - ten-to-the-ninth.
Isn't it a million million - ten-to-the-twelth - in Britain? That would be a trillion in the US.
Or did they change that when the rationalized the currency?
Either way, it's a whole s***load - of either dollars or pounds.