Re: billions across the world in english

by Elias Thienpont <elias(at)assumptionabbey.com>

Date:	Thu, 29 Jun 2000 14:59:52 -0600
To:	hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
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A confusion arises with the Million number, since a mil = 1000. A miligram 
is 1/1000 of a gram.
I looked at a Colombian 2 Mil banknote and they meant 2,000 pesos (about 
$1.00 or some such, their smallest note)
So our Million is 1000 hundred.
Others will enlighten us!

At 02:03 PM 6/29/00 -0500, you wrote:
>I've run across something: does a billion in US English mean the same
>thing as billion elsewhere.
>
>US billion:
>
>1,000,000,000
>
>enlightment would be appreciated.
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>
>
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Br. Elias Thienpont OSB
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