Gates lost to Slim

I thought that's where they through away the spoiled grain.

We also say milliard here, but I thought that was everywhere in Europe.

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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.

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Ah. So that would explein why in geography and maths 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.