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minus-squarewarm@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 hours agoCrazy assumption. While the word is still in use in some languages, the short system has mostly replaced the long system for numbering, especially in the English speaking world. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/milliard#Translations
minus-squarechellomere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·18 hours agoCrazy assumption. Yes, it’s true for the English speaking world, but it’s much more nuanced outside of it. Here’s a map from Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#/media/File:EScalas_corta_y_larga.svg Keep in mind that your link to wiktionary only covers languages where it is spelled exactly “milliard”.
Crazy assumption.
While the word is still in use in some languages, the short system has mostly replaced the long system for numbering, especially in the English speaking world.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/milliard#Translations
Crazy assumption. Yes, it’s true for the English speaking world, but it’s much more nuanced outside of it. Here’s a map from Wikipedia:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#/media/File:EScalas_corta_y_larga.svg
Keep in mind that your link to wiktionary only covers languages where it is spelled exactly “milliard”.