Talk:milliard
a thousand times a million.[edit]
Hi, is "a thousand times a million" similar to "a thousand million" --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:46, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
The term, "short scale billion" occurs ten times in the text. Only the first "now genarally replaced by the short scale billion" makes sense. The "short scale" is referring to the "billion". A "milliard" is not in the short scale so is therefore not a "short scale billion" but a "long scale billion". The following nine occurrences ought to say "long scale billion". I haven't changed it because to do so without comment would probably be reversed by someone assuming I was being perverse. I'll come back maybe tomorrow and do it. Phil Last (talk) 22:08, 17 May 2020 (UTC) Actually I confused myself. What's in parenthesis after the nine separate entries should more correctly say "the long scale equivalent of the short scale billion". Either way it's confusing. It might be better to do without given that it means the same in pretty much every language and the meaning is given near the top of the page. Phil Last (talk) 22:28, 17 May 2020 (UTC)