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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)
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To: Aquinasfan

"So I already knew that American English is different from British.
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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)
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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 (" There is no other god but Free Market, and Adam Smith is his prophet ! ")
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