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Complete_Idi0t 10/20/18 6:29:35 PM #1:	SMH the American school system screws up again <cite>Complete_Idi0t posted [p:910867893] in But I thou... [t:77116361]...</cite> <quote>SMH the American school system screws up again</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Funkydog 10/20/18 6:33:22 PM #2:	It used to be in Britain, but we adopted the American "Thousand Million" --- https://imgur.com/BGbZK <cite>Funkydog posted [p:910868046] in But I thou... [t:77116361]...</cite> <quote>It used to be in Britain, but we adopted the American "Thousand Million"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
__B0xxY2J0sHBK_ 10/20/18 6:34:31 PM #3:	Inb4 username checks out --- Green Bay Packers: 3-2-1 Go Pack Go!! <cite>__B0xxY2J0sHBK_ posted [p:910868086] in But I thou... [t:77116361]...</cite> <quote>Inb4 username checks out</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RiderofHogs 10/20/18 6:50:00 PM #4:	But how much is a Brazilian? --- I hath returned. <cite>RiderofHogs posted [p:910868783] in But I thou... [t:77116361]...</cite> <quote>But how much is a Brazilian?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bloodychess 10/20/18 6:51:29 PM #5:	1 billion is 1000 millions come on --- To err is human To arr is pirate <cite>Bloodychess posted [p:910868857] in But I thou... [t:77116361]...</cite> <quote>1 billion is 1000 millions come on</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Laserion 10/20/18 7:08:58 PM #6:	Well, in Spanish, "1 billn" is 10^12. 10^9 is just "mil millones" (a thousand millions). Now I read in this topic that it's the same in Brittain, which make it seem like Americans were too lazy to count that far for the next name change. --- There is no "would of", "should of" or "could of". There is "would've", "should've" and "could've". <cite>Laserion posted [p:910869648] in But I thou... [t:77116361]...</cite> <quote>Well, in Spanish, "1 billn" is 10^12. 10^9 is just "mil millones" (a thousand millions). Now I read in this topic that it's the same in Brittain, which make it seem like Americans were too lazy to count that far for the next name change.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkTransient 10/20/18 7:11:08 PM #7:	Laserion posted... Well, in Spanish, "1 billn" is 10^12. 10^9 is just "mil millones" (a thousand millions). Now I read in this topic that it's the same in Brittain, which make it seem like Americans were too lazy to count that far for the next name change. It used to be the same in Britain. They've long since changed to match America (changed in the 1970s or so). --- Proud to be part of the 1% of society that's smart enough to realise Australia is not real. <cite>DarkTransient posted [p:910869743] in But I thou... [t:77116361]...</cite> <quote><cite>Laserion posted...</cite> <quote>Well, in Spanish, "1 billn" is 10^12. 10^9 is just "mil millones" (a thousand millions). Now I read in this topic that it's the same in Brittain, which make it seem like Americans were too lazy to count that far for the next name change.</quote> It used to be the same in Britain. They've long since changed to match America (changed in the 1970s or so).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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