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Seems the info I first read might've been outdated.. The goalposts have moved to make em match.

Oxford English Dictionary says ...

In British English, a billion used to be equivalent to a million million (i.e. 1,000,000,000,000), while in American English it has always equated to a thousand million (i.e. 1,000,000,000). British English has now adopted the American figure, though, so that a billion equals a thousand million in both varieties of English.

The same sort of change has taken place with the meaning of trillion. In British English, a trillion used to mean a million million million (i.e. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000). Nowadays, it's generally held to be equivalent to a million million (1,000,000,000,000), as it is in American English.

Whatever, it's a bloody lot !


You guys are always making math more complicated...

Benny Black & Silver '02 Too many mods to list Not enough miles ridden