> According to my (german) English-Dictionary should the english billion
> compared to the german "Milliarde" what is 1,000,000,000.

Yep, some of the more facinating forms of 'loss in translation'

billion = milliarde
trillion = billiarde?

How does the progression go in German?

Never understood why salt (NaCL0 is 'natrium' in the rest of the world, and
'sodium' in English speaking countries (while the chemical sign is 'Na' -
but I digress.... :-)


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