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From: antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch)
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Subject: Re: Datasheet-flation?
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:50:35 -0000 (UTC)
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john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:33:48 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
> <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> 
>>On 2024-11-29 15:22, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
>>> Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 2024-11-24, Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>> the English and American "billion" was
>>>>>> harmonised many years ago at one thousand million so there's no confusion.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you give a reference for that?  I haven't found one.
>>>>
>>>> https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04440/SN04440.pdf
>>> 
>>> Thank you, that clarifies the situation.  The English Billion still
>>> exists but in 1957 British Ministers were told to use the American
>>> meaning as it was considered "International" by the then Prime Minister.
>>> 
>>> Obviously it cannot be completely international if there are still
>>> countries using it to mean Bi-million nowadays.
>>
>>And languages. Spanish, in Spain at least, a billion is a million 
>>million. So one has to be careful when translating.
> 
> What is a thousand million in Spanish? Does it have a name? You could
> call it a heap or a muddle or a toomany. Heap is best because H is
> available... M and T are already used. J and L are a excellent letters
> too... Jillion or Lump.

Europe has miliard, that was already mentioned.  I would use it
when meaning 1.0e9, no chance for confusion.  For 1.0e12 I
would use "thousend of miliards", as that IMO is less confusing
for Americans than "billion".
 
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                              Waldek Hebisch