To: Valin
So I already knew that American English is different from British. "Billion" is "milliard" in British. Really. I'm still recovering from that one.
18 posted on
08/18/2005 8:18:53 AM PDT by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: Aquinasfan
"So I already knew that American English is different from British.
"Billion" is "milliard" in British. Really. I'm still recovering from that one.":}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
21 posted on
08/18/2005 8:22:58 AM PDT by
anonymoussierra
(Nie b¹dŸ pochopny w duchu do gniewu, bo gniew przebywa w piersi g³upców)
To: Aquinasfan
"Billion" is "milliard" in British. Really. I'm still recovering from that one. And so is in Polish ("miliard"), and so might be in almost any other language :)
"Billion" is thousand of "milliards".
27 posted on
08/18/2005 8:37:43 AM PDT by
A. Pole
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