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Posted By: Hyperion Jan 26, 2005 - 10:41 am

Hey all

Just a little piece of general knowledge for you all to take away with you, for use during those boring Dinner Parties.

In the American Financial Sector, a $Billion dollars
is a $Thousand $Million.

In The English Financial Sector, a £Billion Pounds
is a £Million, £Million.

So thats...

USA Billion = A Thousand Million

UK Billion = A Million Million.

Weird no???

Found that out the other day while watching this financial program.

I never new that about the American Billion.
I bet alot of Americans don't no that about the English Billion lol

Hyperion

Posted By: fanuilh Jan 26, 2005 - 12:01 pm

My first thought was, "No way."

So I looked it up. And Hyperion's right.

The "one billion" as it's called in the American numbering system is called "one milliard" in the English numbering system.

How weird.

Posted By: Pat0214 Jan 26, 2005 - 12:17 pm

One milliard is what we use in French for the same number

1 billion = 1 milliard

Posted By: Magus Jan 26, 2005 - 01:00 pm

Really? That is strange, Hyperion. I knew that about the American numbering system, obviously, but never about the English. Indeed it is interesting.

Posted By: Odrade Jan 26, 2005 - 05:32 pm

Kind of a trip. Didn't know that, but it is interesting. So does that British system have a thousand million then? a thousand million and one, a thousand million and two......

no kidding, that is interesting though

Posted By: Mogget1 Jan 26, 2005 - 07:01 pm

Strange. Very strange.

Posted By: fanuilh Jan 26, 2005 - 08:17 pm

So is that the common usage? All you folks in the UK, when you mean to say 1,000,000 do you say one billion or one milliard?

Lorries vs. trucks, lifts vs. elevators, bonnets vs. hoods... is there a language difference in numbering, also?

Interesting.

Posted By: Hyperion Jan 27, 2005 - 05:21 am

1,000,000 = 1 Million to people in the UK.

You would have to count to another Million Millions to reach our Billion hehe

Guess it's just the way it is over this side of the pond.

From the very moment we start pre-school and from then on for the rest of our lives, in England/Uk we are taught that a Billion is a million millions.

A thousand Million to anyone in England, or the United Kingdom for that matter, is just that, a thousand Millions, it's not were near a Billion over here.

The milliard number is a french thing, and now after finding this out I have come to no that it is used in the American numbering system also.

Weird all these nuances of difference that make up societies across the globe, no? I bet there are a few more weird ones that we all don't no about

Hyperion

Posted By: fanuilh Jan 27, 2005 - 07:07 am

Ah, poop. What I meant to say was 1,000,000,000.

Argh.

Posted By: Aldan Jan 27, 2005 - 05:30 pm

Wow, fan, that's a LOT of poop!

Posted By: Magus Jan 27, 2005 - 06:00 pm

Has it hit the fan, or just come from her?



(The Magus strikes again!)

Posted By: Aldan Jan 28, 2005 - 07:19 pm

I doubt that fan is old enough to have consumed a billion (thousand million) of whatever it was that the poop was a waste of, and I REALLY hope it didn't hit her, as she'd have to go to the crapper to get herself cleaned up, and that would take at least double the time (2,000,000,000 seconds?)