>> Well, even if you try to be metric, the Americans have a different idea 
>> about what constitutes a "billion"...
> 
>   That's actually quite exasperating because it makes the word completely
> useless. You can't use it for almost anything without the danger of
> confusion.

Indeed.

But then, where I work, you're not allowed to write "03/05/08". (Or even 
"03/05/2008".) There's no way of knowing which date that actually means...

One more thing to thank America for.

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