Timeline for Words with "bi-" prefix that no longer mean "two"
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| Jul 2, 2018 at 16:33 | comment | added | Simd | In French for example, the obvious translation is milliard. Which word in current common use are you thinking of! | |
| Jul 2, 2018 at 15:35 | comment | added | ANeves | @Anush like DonFusili said, but more specifically: «The traditional long scale is used by most Continental European countries and by most other countries whose languages derive from Continental Europe.» But the usage is getting progressively fuzzier, because of cultural contamination. | |
| Jul 2, 2018 at 11:48 | comment | added | DonFusili | @Anush en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales "Countries where the long scale is currently used include most countries in continental Europe [..]" | |
| Jul 2, 2018 at 6:30 | comment | added | Simd | I am not sure it’s true that a billion means a million million in Europe. Which European countries did you have in mind? | |
| S Jul 2, 2018 at 1:07 | history | mod moved comments to chat | |||
| S Jul 2, 2018 at 1:07 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. | |
| Jun 22, 2018 at 21:44 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jun 22, 2018 at 21:40 | history | answered | Tim Goodman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |