Billion的定义用错了

z-score

刚才看到周薪的那个投票帖，看到一个选项是$1,000,001-billion。

想说一下，新西兰用的都是英式英语对吧。也就是我们不写Mom, color etc.

英式英文的billion是one million million. 美式英文的billion才是one thousand million。

因为如果你想billion是one thousand million的话，trillion是one thousand thousand million也不逻辑。

其实这个帖子的意义不大，就是想发泄一下。

记住，one billion is one million million and one trillion is million billion.

John.G

板着手指，数半天也数不清。。

coke

Thanks.
But if you can use numbers like: a billion = 1,000,000,000 would be easier to understand?

z-score

Yes, you are right. Thank you. That is much clearer than my wording.

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美语中是10亿,英语中是多少?

marx

1 billion in short scale means 1 thousand million, in long scale means 1 million million
but since 1974 UK stopped usage of long scale, i thousand milloin is the common meaning now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales

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In 1974, the government of the UK switched to the short scale, a change that is reflected in its mass media and official usage

所以英式英文的billion跟美式英文是一样的, 除非你阅读历史文件.

假装多好

illion 好多  我晕了

tpan

报纸广播里的用法都是十亿，9个零。