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 ...harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!5941ux!dje