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Re:O2 'to seek millions' in damages over data outage by Reason077 on Sunday December 09, 2018 @09:34PM (#18644776)
"Still I suppose it's better than sussing out whether someone is British and using "long" billions."

Britain does not use "long" billions. Not since the 1970s or so. Now days, billion always means 1000 million.

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Re:O2 'to seek millions' in damages over data outage by beojan on Monday December 10, 2018 @08:55AM (#18647881)
Many other European languages, on the other hand, do use the long scale.
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Re:O2 'to seek millions' in damages over data outage by Reason077 on Monday December 10, 2018 @10:21AM (#18648482)
That’s correct. But when speaking or writing in English, the English conventions should be used.
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