JP Mens on Nostr: I wonder why to me the German "Milliarde" (or the French "millard") sound like more ...
I wonder why to me the German "Milliarde" (or the French "millard") sound like more than the English "billion"*
* when I was a kid a billion had 12 zeroes, now it has only 9.
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