Did you know that even the word billion means different things to the UK than it does in the US? A UK billion is a million million, where as the US billion is a thousand million. I know which one I’d prefer if I won the lottery 😉
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If you won the lottery, you would be getting 1,000,000,000 of your local currency, since the US measure of billion is now completely dominant in the UK since 1974 (outside of scientific fields perhaps). Wikipedia answers all!
Thanks Wikipedia (and James). I had an Englishman emphasise the difference in terms. Obviously he’s not yet caught up to the dominant billion concept!