On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 11:05:38AM +0200, Daniele Becchi wrote: > In Italy we have > 10^3 mille (thousand) > 10^6 milione (million) > 10^9 miliardo > > and this is what I found on my italian dictionary > bilione (billion) > 10^9 in Italy, France and USA (and S.I.: thounand million)
No, the french use 'milliard' for this. > 10^12 in UK and Germany > > trilione(trillion) > 10^12 in France and USA > 10^18 in S.I. (a million of billion) > > I think it's better to use the 10^x notation :) > In the S.I. i suppose it works this way: > thousand million billion > \ / \ / > billion trillion > > Antonio Trueba wrote: > > > Ok, ok... am I the only spanish reading this? > > > > Down here we say: > > > > 10^3 millar > > 10^6 mill�n > > 10^12 bill�n > > 10^18 trill�n > > > > It seems we don't have a word for 10^9 and 10^15. They are referred as > > "Mil millones" (a thousand millions) and "Mil billones" (a thousand > > billions). Anyway, it wold be a great number for a bank account ;-) > > > > >--- Original message --- > > > > > From: Beno�t Sibaud > > > Sent: jueves, 13 de septiembre de 2001 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subj: billions and billions of stars.... was: Re: Another easter egg in > > > gnome-something... > > > > >> Since this starts to look like a language lesson here is the Swedish > > >> words - which also follows the Brittish way. > > BS> Ok, let's go for the French way. > > > > BS> 10^3 mille > > BS> 10^6 million > > BS> 10^9 milliard > > BS> 10^12 billion > > BS> 10^15 billiard (not sure about it) > > BS> 10^18 trillion > > > > BS> Looks like the British way (which it's strange because everybody knows > > BS> GB and France like to have different ways :) > > > > BS> ( you may want to look at http://www.mcn.net/~jimloy/billion.html ) > > > > BS> -- > > BS> Beno�t Sibaud > > > > -- > > Antonio Trueba > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Daniele Becchi > Pu� ci� che non inizia avere una fine? > Qui en sabe. > icq#23804262,IAn http://www.sprawl.it > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
