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Re: Question for British Rinky-dinks

Posted By: Brunnen-G, on host 203.96.111.201
Date: Friday, July 13, 2001, at 18:12:12
In Reply To: Re: Question for British Rinky-dinks posted by wintermute on Friday, July 13, 2001, at 09:10:44:

> 1,000,000 is a million (US million)
> 1,000,000,000 is a milliard (US billion)
> 1,000,000,000,000 is a billion (US trillion)
> 1,000,000,000,000,000 is a billiard (US quadrillion)

A question for people who know this sort of thing: does a billiard have anything to do with the game of billiards?

Brunnen-"why make billions when we could make...MILLIONS?"G

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Re: Question for British Rinky-dinks - Andrea - Mon, 7/16/2001, 04:05:43
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