From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!5941ux!dje
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Title: Re: Billion
Article-I.D.: 5941ux.202
Posted: Fri Feb 25 09:27:17 1983
Received: Sat Feb 26 01:19:19 1983
References: brunix.1690

Incidentally, there is a European word corresponding to the American
billion (10**9) -- the word is "milliard" in England and has cognates in
French and German.
			Dave Ellis
			Bell Labs, Piscataway
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