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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Oxford: 1 billion words (sort of) in English #159133 04/26/06 04:35 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC It's a million whether you are in France or Australia. 1 followed by 6 zeroes. Ten to the 6th power. Billion is a different story. Some parts of the world define it incorrectly. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Oxford: 1 billion words (sort of) in English AnnaStrophic 04/26/06 01:39 PM Re: Oxford: 1 billion words (sort of) in English TEd Remington 04/26/06 04:31 PM Re: Oxford: 1 billion words (sort of) in English Buffalo Shrdlu 04/26/06 04:32 PM Re: Oxford: 1 billion words (sort of) in English TEd Remington 04/26/06 04:35 PM Re: Oxford: 1 billion words (sort of) in English AnnaStrophic 04/26/06 05:54 PM Re: Oxford: 1 billion words (sort of) in English TEd Remington 04/26/06 06:08 PM re: the OED Alex Williams 04/26/06 09:12 PM Re: re: the OED tsuwm 04/26/06 11:36 PM Re: Oxford: 1 billion words (sort of) in English AnnaStrophic 04/27/06 06:53 PM Re: Oxford: 1 billion words (sort of) in English TEd Remington 04/27/06 07:00 PM Re: Oxford: 1 billion words (sort of) in English tsuwm 04/27/06 07:24 PM Re: Oxford: 1 billion words (sort of) in English Jomama 04/28/06 04:54 AM Re: Oxford: 1 billion words (sort of) in English Faldage 04/28/06 09:27 AM Re: Oxford: 1 billion words (sort of) in English Jomama 04/29/06 05:39 AM Re: Oxford: 1 billion words (sort of) in English Father Steve 04/29/06 03:34 PM Re: Oxford: 1 billion words (sort of) in English Faldage 04/29/06 04:34 PM Re: Bu(tt,ck) Naked Faldage 04/29/06 07:07 PM Re: Bu(tt,ck) Naked Capital Kiwi 05/03/06 04:26 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,415 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 726 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,586 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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