On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 01:18:13PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 10:18, Roel Schroeven wrote: > > In Dutch, we say (simplified by writing some number numerically): > > > > 1 biljoen > > 222 miljard > > 333 miljoen > > 444 duizend > > 555 > > If English (both flavors, or flavours for our GB friends :), if we had a > 'milliard' this problem never would have come up. English does have "milliard" = 10^9 but for some reason it dropped out of use. I've never heard anyone say it, and I've only ever seen it printed in books discussing this very point which are >50 years old. > (Coincidentally, what's > the accepted way to say 'pecan' in GB English? According to my US > dictionary, there are no fewer that FOUR proper pronunciations.) I pronounce it like a small metal container for urine, but I don't know if that's "correct" or not. Pecans are pretty rare over here (apart from certain breakfast cereals). -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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