powerade01 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I have a question: Why do Europeans say 1000 million instead of 1 billion? (The amount we are talking about is: 1,000,000,000 or 1.000.000.000 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos of Smeg Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Im from Europe and have never heard anybody say a 1000 million... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epraes Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Why do Americans say 1 billion instead of 1000 million? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G. Veteran Posted July 16, 2009 Veteran Share Posted July 16, 2009 It's much more common to say 1 billion than 1000 million in the UK, although this answers your question - http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq...utwords/billion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MGS3_GrayFox Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 In Latin America an american billion (1,000,000,000) is said as a thousand millions, and an american trillion (1,000,000,000,000) is said as a billion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos of Smeg Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Interesting link - never heard it referred to as 1000 million in any sense other than explaining how many millions are in a billion! Guess i am not a traditionally minded englishman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slackerr Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 in Russia it is called "milliard" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 in Russia it is called "milliard" In French also. And 'billion' is trillion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callummr Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I'm English, I say a billion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Wizard Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Im from Europe and have never heard anybody say a 1000 million... I say a billion and I'm from the UK... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 in Russia it is called "milliard" Same for Norway/Scandinavia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Gil Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 In French also. And 'billion' is trillion. Correct. An European billion is the same as an American trillion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Wait, what year did England become part of Europe again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I'm from the UK and old enough to remember the good old imperial days when a million million equaled a billion and a million million million was a trillion .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slackerr Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Correct. An European billion is the same as an American trillion. True. Wait, what year did England become part of Europe again? Geographically - it never went away :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted July 16, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted July 16, 2009 in Russia it is called "milliard" In German it's called 'Milliarde'. I've never heard anyone say '1000 million' instead of '1 milliard'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancedar Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Wait, what year did England become part of Europe again? 1973. I've never heard anyone say 'one thousand million' outside of horrible attempts to quote an Austin Powers line. Where exactly did you see/hear it like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slackerr Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 In German it's called 'Milliarde'. Not a great difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pupik Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 About what country exactly are we talking about in Europe? I've never heard anyone using "one thousand millions". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Geographically - it never went away :) No, but politically there is a separation. It seems to go back and forth. Sometimes England is a part of Europe, and other times there is a distinction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanelyapple Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 also 1 miliard in Poland. so, you're a freak - not us :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentaal Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 in Russia it is called "milliard" Same for all other Slavic languages. (milliard, milliarda, miliyarda, etc.) I don't know where OP heard 1000 million. :/ Perhaps ze intrawebz? Intrawebz r srs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G. Veteran Posted July 16, 2009 Veteran Share Posted July 16, 2009 (edited) 1973. No, that's when it joined the EU. England/the UK has always been part of Europe. Edited July 16, 2009 by lcg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slackerr Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Same for all other Slavic languages. (milliard, milliarda, etc.)I don't know where OP heard 1000 million. :/ Perhaps ze intrawebz? Intrawebz r srs. They deliver the data using the method of sending TCP packets via dove mail, that's TRU srs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastage Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Milliard in Israel but billion is also a thousand million and trillion is a million millions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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