tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post5088254514150742275..comments2023-12-24T13:03:35.696+00:00Comments on Miserable Old Fart: You say a Billion Tomaytoes, I say a Billion TomahtoesAlwyn ap Huwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-70276963941183897882010-10-19T13:43:02.765+01:002010-10-19T13:43:02.765+01:00The American usage become the common usage about 3...The American usage become the common usage about 30 years' ago when talking about Government accounts - I believe the decision was made by Dennis Healy in the mid 70's ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-50443959031566581102010-10-19T08:55:58.742+01:002010-10-19T08:55:58.742+01:00Perhaps the only solution is to say a hundred mill...Perhaps the only solution is to say a hundred million or a thousand million and drop bilion alltogether or invent a new word.glynbeddauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933352430631144936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-42317350704128664732010-10-18T20:12:43.680+01:002010-10-18T20:12:43.680+01:00This question was actually asked by a BBC correspo...This question was actually asked by a BBC correspondent to the government a few months ago. it might have been Robert Peston, but the government initially didn't know. They had to check and then got back to the BBC about it.Nich Starlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-26254936197305602622010-10-15T09:46:34.507+01:002010-10-15T09:46:34.507+01:00For what it's worth, Alwyn, wikipedia offers t...For what it's worth, Alwyn, wikipedia offers the following, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales<br /><br />For most of the 19th and 20th centuries, the United Kingdom uniformly used the long scale,[3] while the United States of America used the short scale,[3] so that usage of the two systems was often referred to as British and American respectively. In 1974, the government ofEmlyn Uwch Cychhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03384157218244458970noreply@blogger.com