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I just noticed one of our member's new signature saying "You may think it's funny but we 9 million Londoners have got to PAY £9 billion for the Olympic Games. That's £1 million each!"

Surely it is £1000 each as 9,000,000,000 / 9,000,000 = 1,000 so stop moaning.

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I just noticed one of our member's new signature saying "You may think it's funny but we 9 million Londoners have got to PAY £9 billion for the Olympic Games. That's £1 million each!"

Surely it is £1000 each as 9,000,000,000 / 9,000,000 = 1,000 so stop moaning.

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Ah, but that's the US version of a billion
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I just noticed one of our member's new signature saying "You may think it's funny but we 9 million Londoners have got to PAY £9 billion for the Olympic Games. That's £1 million each!"

Surely it is £1000 each as 9,000,000,000 / 9,000,000 = 1,000 so stop moaning.

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Billion may mean:
  • Either of two numbers (see long and short scales for more detail):
    • 1,000,000,000 (one thousand million; 10 to the power of 9) - increasingly common meaning in English language usage
    • 1,000,000,000,000 (one million million; 10 to the power of 12) - increasingly rare meaning in English language usage; standard meaning in many other languages
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Ah, but that's the US version of a billion
I don't think they could cope with the difference between a million and a milliard.
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I don't think they could cope with the difference between a million and a milliard.
I thought a mallard was a type of duck?
Or maybe that was a dullard.
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I thought a mallard was a type of duck?
Or maybe that was a dullard.
Is Arfur Mullard 500,000,000?
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Ah, but that's the US version of a billion
1,000,000,000 (one thousand million; 109) - increasingly common meaning in English language usage
1,000,000,000,000 (one million million; 1012) - increasingly rare meaning in English language usage; standard meaning in many other languages


I think that this reflects the age of the member... as I think that you'll find that the treasury uses 109 as we have been sadly americanized. Certainly when talking abut the Olympics they are talking about £9,000,000,000 not £9,000,000,000,000.
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Oh well, since it's only £1000 for each of us to pay, we can hardly complain then
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[size=2]I think that this reflects the age of the member... [size=2]...
Mine is 47. And I worry that you have this coded as size 2....

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I think that this reflects the age of the member...
Are you calling me an old git ?

Well you might be right


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