Originally Posted by Harrison:
Even being worth 1 billion would be quite an inconceivable amount of money. Although the US Billion isn't the same as a UK billion.
US Billion = 1,000 Million
UK Billion = 1,000,000 Million. (or a million million).
Therefore as per usual the Americans make out they have more than in reality by moving the boundaries.
Ah. So that would explein why in geography and math
s lessons, we were told that a billion is 1 000 000 000 000 and why other people have told me that it is just a thousand million.
Confusing.
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