Terry Simpson wrote: > I am sure that you would get blank looks if you said 'milliard' in the UK.
I wouldn't even attempt it among the cognoscenti. However, I do know a fair number of very provincial, parochial and stubbornly unchanging people in the UK. Old habits die hard. If they didn't, we wouldn't need organizations like the USMA and the UKMA. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
