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Originally Posted by Chrysta Wilson It is now the standard usage in British government publications, and is rapidly establishing itself as the norm in other European languages too. One minor advantage in the American system is the ease of expression of larger numbers without repeating 'thousand' all the time. |
It is definitely not the norm in German ;-) Anyway, that second part I do not quite understand. We use "Million" when referring to a million, "Milliarde" when referring to a billion, and "Billion" when referring to a trillion. Why or where would the word "thousand" be used then?
Christian
