Re: billions across the world in english

by Charles A Upsdell <cupsdell(at)upsdell.com>

Date:	Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:23:18 -0400
To:	hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
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At 03:03 PM 06/29/00, 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.

In the US and Canada a billion is a thousand millions.  In the UK a billion 
is a million millions.  About the rest of the world I don't know.

I might also add that pints, quarts, and gallons also vary around the world.

-
Chuck Upsdell
Email:     cupsdell(at)istar.ca or cupsdell(at)torfree.net
Website:   http://home.istar.ca/~cupsdell/

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