> Many years ago =A0I was told that 1 BILLION in Great Britian was a
> thousand times more then 1 BILLION in th US.
>
> British 1BILLION =A0=3D =A01,000,000,000,000
> US 1 BILLION =A0 =A0 =3D =A01,000,000,000

And?
This sounds like the start of a serial joke ...  :-).

However, if a question was intended:

Yes,
1974.
Short and Long scales.

                 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales


            Russell

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