Graham,

  Maybe so, but thats just the way I was taught, and I saw no
  reason to change.

                      Regards,

                        Jim




>Jim, why be stuck on thousands?
>
>> (Mono), means one or the first order of thousand above thousand, and that

>> the root prefix of Billion (Bi),  means two, or  the second order of
>> thousand above a thousand.   Thereafter, it follows that the third
>
>you can equally well apply the same logic using millions as your base
>unit instead of thousands, your text: "first order of thousand *above*
>thousand," sems a little contrived in comparison.
>regards,
>Graham Daniel.
>