Re: [OT Why GB English is different] Re: Mozilla firefox en-gb
William Ballard <40414.nospam@comcast.net> said on Wed, 5 May 2004 00:46:42 -0700:
> Would Brits feel that this is how we should count:
>
> 1,222,333,444,555,666,777,888
> ^thou
> ^mill
> ^thou mill
> ^bill
> ^thou bill
> ^mill bill
> ^trill
>
> One trillion, two hundred twenty two million billion, three hundred
> thirty three thousand billion, four hundred forty four billion, five
> hundred fifty five thousand million, six hundred sixty six million,
> seven hundred seventy seven thousand, eight hundred eighty eight.
Well, A non-USian would add suitable "ands" in various places.
"...two hundred *and* tewnty two million billion...".
Yeah, this one seems to be missing from the various UK-USA translation
lists around.
--
TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/
NOT A CHANCE! I know for a *fact* the kittens aren't frightened
by temporal anomalies. Clock watching simply ain't their bag.
John Schmidt@ARK
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