Alex_is_Axel Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Ive never heard anyone say 1000million in the UK Where did you hear such a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 The UK has pretty much switched over the American system now since it makes a lot more sense. Saying '1000 million' and calling an American trillion a 'billion' is quite old-fashioned now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfuk Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Was tought that 1,000,000,000,000 was a billion untill about 1978 when we had new physics text book delivered. These were printed in America and 1,000,000,000 was a billion. As values had to be stated in numeric form it made no difference. dfuk Sent from blackberry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxz Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_shor...ales#Comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Lyons10 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Interesting thread. I never knew any of this. It's a lot of complexity for complexities sake... It sounds from that article that the American terminology is catching on mostly? But both the American and British terminology was created by the French? Then why would they call it American and British? ROFL Sneaky Frenchmen... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 No, that's when it joined the EU. England/the UK has always been part of Europe. Then why is there always a distinction made between them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee31 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Then why is there always a distinction made between them? Because most people outside the UK call Continential Europe just Europe for some dumb reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApostolicFire Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Reminds me of this video: Japanese Show counting to 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Then why is there always a distinction made between them? Because the UK isn't attached to the rest of continental Europe, and our way of life is quite different, even down to the kind of electrical outlets we use. You really don't want to look too deep into such trivial things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golferjim Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Why do Americans say 1 billion instead of 1000 million?:p Lol! well played :laugh: Im English and we just say 'Billion' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limok Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 'Cause we don't play with monoply money our money is worth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Just say such high numbers in scientific notation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtrabit racing Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 in Turkey, its "milyar" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nully Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Desciptive words for an actual numbers could be dangerous! I will have to be careful when I become a Billionaire.... This reminds of when they built the hubble telescope lens incorrectly getting imperial and metric mixed up they only worked it out when the thing was in space.. now thats dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Desciptive words for an actual numbers could be dangerous! I will have to be careful when I become a Billionaire.... This reminds of when they built the hubble telescope lens incorrectly getting imperial and metric mixed up they only worked it out when the thing was in space.. now thats dumb. you're confusing the hubble error with the mars lander error. Hubble's issues wasn't related to metric/imperial conversions, but broken equipment and poor quality control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted July 20, 2009 Veteran Share Posted July 20, 2009 In German it's called 'Milliarde'. Yeah I was going to say the same thing Im german as well :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vivicidal- Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Then why is there always a distinction made between them? EU - political Europe/Continental Europe - geographical There is a distinction because they relate to different countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 EU - politicalEurope/Continental Europe - geographical There is a distinction because they relate to different countries. All of Europe is different countries. Why distinguish the UK from the rest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Why distinguish the UK from the rest? The UK always had beef with us. Pun intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted July 20, 2009 Veteran Share Posted July 20, 2009 I don't know why each grouping cant just have its own name like we do use in america..... 0 - ones 10 - tens 100 - hundreds 1 000 - thousands 10 000 - ten thousands 100 000 - hundred thousands 1 000 000 - millions 10 000 000 - ten millions 100 000 000 - hundred millions 1 000 000 000 - billions 10 000 000 000 - ten billions 100 000 000 000 - hundred bllions 1 000 000 000 000 - trillions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epraes Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Wow, seems in Spain we're different to everybody else!!! Here, one billion is one million million. We do say "a thousand million" (mil millones) And the word "millar" (which looks like your "milliard") means "a thousand": un millar = mil = 1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pupik Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I don't know why each grouping cant just have its own name like we do use in america..... Same could be asked about the Americans and the metric system; why not use it, like the rest of the world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted July 20, 2009 Subscriber¹ Share Posted July 20, 2009 UK here, I've never heard anyone else say 1000 million. Always billion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Never heard of any one that i know that says "1000 million" Always been 1 billion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerade01 Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 Correct. An European billion is the same as an American trillion. a billion is a billion and a trillion is a trillion. Unless of course you are talking about the topic at hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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