Not I.S.O., but ISO!

As my old buddy "Will S." remarked... "A rose by any other name...:rolleyes:"

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Originally Posted by xpatUSA

But, so as to remain inscrutable, a million-million is known here as a trillion ***, unlike my schooldays in England when a million-million was a billion

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U.S. Congress, 1852:

"Mr Speaker, what do them English call a million-million?"

"Well, ah believe they call thet a 'billion' .."

"Hut dayum, thet ain't hayf enerful! We 'mo call it a trillion!"

And so it is to this very day ...

Here’s the explanation. Sounds like the rigs are coming around to our way of defining these terms.

https://www.answers.com/Q/Why_is_a_b...nt_in_US_to_UK


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