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May 09, 2008 @ 20:02:04

#151

charger

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jonnythan said:
They say you can always tell who someone really is when they're drunk.

oh, dude your really laying it on thick!

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May 09, 2008 @ 20:02:04

#152

jmo

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jonnythan said:
Hey, don't believe Wikipedia, believe your own ears. You're the one bitching about the BBC using the short scale

I'm the one who's frustrated that the BBC has adopted the American term rather than the British one.

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May 09, 2008 @ 20:03:40

#153

pete

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jmo said:
I'm the one who's frustrated that the BBC has adopted the American term rather than the British one.

I wonder if you would be so mad if austrailia used the so called "american" term

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Edited: May 09, 2008 @ 20:04

May 09, 2008 @ 20:03:44

#154

jonnythan

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jmo said:
I'm the one who's frustrated that the BBC has adopted the American term rather than the British one.

They - and your own government - adopted it 15 years before you were born.

Besides, short scale isn't American. It's French. That might make you even more upset, though.

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Edited: May 09, 2008 @ 20:04

May 09, 2008 @ 20:03:55

#155

jonnythan

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pete said:
I wonder if you would be so made if austrailia used the so called "american" term

They do.

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May 09, 2008 @ 20:04:13

#156

charger

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jmo said:
I'm the one who's frustrated that the BBC has adopted the American term rather
than the British one.

i just thought it was ALL laura!

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May 09, 2008 @ 20:05:01

#157

pete

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jonnythan said:
They do.

ah, so i bet it will be differant for the austrailians then

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May 09, 2008 @ 20:05:17

#158

jmo

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For f**ks sake this is getting really stupid. In Britain a billion means 1 million million. Thats the way it is.

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May 09, 2008 @ 20:05:58

#159

jonnythan

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jmo said:
For f**ks sake this is getting really stupid. In Britain a billion means 1 million million. Thats the way it is.

That's incorrect.

According to your government, and your ma** media, a billion means 1,000,000,000.

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May 09, 2008 @ 20:06:12

#160

x_laura_x

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My friend has just told me that in America, a billion has 9 zeros, yet in Britain, a billion has 12 zeros.

Is that true?

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May 09, 2008 @ 20:07:07

#161

jmo

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jonnythan said:
That's incorrect.

According to your government, and your ma** media, a billion means 1,000,000,000.

According to the people it is a billion billion.

According to mathematics it is a billion billion.

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May 09, 2008 @ 20:07:15

#162

jonnythan

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The London Times Style Guide officially defines a billion as 1,000,000,000 as well.

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May 09, 2008 @ 20:07:41

#163

jmo

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x_laura_x said:
My friend has just told me that in America, a billion has 9 zeros, yet in Britain, a billion has 12 zeros.

Is that true?

That is true, thats essentially my point.

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May 09, 2008 @ 20:11:34

#164

alexkidd

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ok, i've been looking around,
as far as i can figure the old scale is still used academically in the UK, as in its thought in university and school. wheteher officially or just widely i can't determine.

which surely can't be true because the national treasure and government use the 'US' system...which is french, so no crazy americanisation anyway.
and also any time you watch the news a nd they say billion, the do certainly mean a thousand million.

how confusing.

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May 09, 2008 @ 20:12:55

#165

semi_precious_stone

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For f**ks sake.

JMO - grow up, your incessant use of the word c**t is not really nice.

You want to make every British person use 'British' words, and then you portray us to have that attitude.

Sounds like you are on your own there.

Oh, and hooray for American terms - I couldn't get through the day without calling Sel a douchebag!!!

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Edited: May 09, 2008 @ 20:14

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