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.