Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to All:

ak>  One billion in Canada
ak>  Is it as in the US or as in the UK?


          In the US & Canada, one billion = one thousand million.

          In the UK & Germany, one billion is (or once was) one million million according to my sources.  OTOH they seem divided as to whether or not Brits use "milliard" to mean one thousand million nowadays in much the same the way a lot of physicists from continental Europe evidently do.  Some appear to believe the latter is no longer in technical &/or common use within the UK... and according to plainenglish.co.uk the government there has followed the American convention since 1974.  I've noticed similar trends WRT various other things as well.  :-Q




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