Re: billions across the world in english

by ErthWlkr(at)aol.com

Date:	Fri, 30 Jun 2000 23:47:53 EDT
To:	freda(at)rlockert.easynet.co.uk, olavell(at)xs4all.nl
Cc:	hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
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Hello Friends:

It was written:

 >The mistake of calling a billion what is really a milliard is purely an
>American one, and perhaps even British.

Wait a minute - I got the milliard down.  But I thought a billion was one of 
those little cubes you made soup out of....?  :-)

- Jeff K.

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