Show threadSylke KrämerSep 30, 2023

@worthuelse @gigabecquerel also interesting in this context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_large_numbers

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Names of large numbers - Wikipedia

Show threadSylke KrämerSep 30, 2023
@worthuelse @gigabecquerel my son never learned milliard in his British school, it’s been out of use since 1974 according to this article:
https://blog.harwardcommunications.com/2013/05/21/the-difference-between-milliard-and-billion/
Thankfully we were away of this difference in naming the numbers when we moved to Germany when he was 12.
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