From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!kdh Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: billion Article-I.D.: houti.215 Posted: Wed Feb 23 09:29:04 1983 Received: Thu Feb 24 05:58:01 1983 Something in a previous article jogged my memory and curiosity: What is the difference between an "American billion" and a "non-American billion" ?? American billion == a thousand million (1,000,000,000,000) (I think) non-American billion == ????? Kevin Hunter houti!kdh