[TR] New Alternator - Stag

[Geo Hahn]

They are with us (with the US if you will):

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/how-many-is-a-billion

First we (Americans) took the language of Shakespeare, then we made our
own, now we are willing to share it with the world.

Geo

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:12 PM, Dave <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:

> Not so sure.  I have heard, but not verified, that in GB a Billion is a
> Million Million which is why they refer to 10^9 as a Thousand Million.
> Perhaps some of our British compatriots can confirm or deny this.
>
>
> Dave Massey
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr at gmail.com>
> To: triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thu, Sep 8, 2016 3:07 pm
> Subject: Re: [TR] New Alternator - Stag
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:49 AM, Anthony Rhodes <spamiam at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>> Now the letters are determined by the Greek  ( or is it Latin?)
>> designation: kilo,mega, giga, micro, nano, etc and sometimes to keep it
>> clear, you also have to use the Greek letter, such as for "micro".
>>
>
> At least we finally agreed on how much is a billion.  That only took a
> century or two to settle.
>
> Geo
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