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Billion - Trilione (UK)


Special Money Week, part II: of course, once you have made some dough, you need to spend it. If you really have some billions to spare, then you can buy a plane ticket to Edinburgh using the website depicted in the snapshot, like I tried to do. Of course you need to fully realize how much are they asking in euros. That particular amount of money is more or less what I expect to find in the balance sheets of some underdeveloped nations!

For some strange reason, if you have a billion dollars, you are less rich in the US than in the UK. While in American english a Billion dollars is "1.000.000.000 $" (ten to the ninth power), in UK english the same billion dollars is "1.000.000.000.000 $" (ten to the twelfth power), making you a thousand times richer!

Settimana Speciale dei Soldi, parte II: naturalmente, dopo che avete fatto un po' di soldi, dovete spenderli. Se avete davvero trilioni da spendere, potete comprare un biglietto aereo per Edimburgo, sul sito rappresentato nell screenshot, come ho cercato di fare io. Naturalmente dovete comprendere appieno quanto vi stanno chiedendo in euro. Quella particolare cifra e' piu' o meno quanto mi aspetto di trovare nel bilancio di alcune nazioni sottosviluppate!

Per qualche strana ragione, se hai un "billion" di dollari, sei meno ricco negli Stati Uniti che in Gran Bretagna. Mentre in inglese americano un "billion dollars" e' "1.000.000.000 $" (dieci alla nona potenza, cioe' un miliardo), in inglese UK lo stesso "billion dollars" e' "1.000.000.000.000 $" (dieci alla dodicesima potenza, ovvero trilione), cosa che ti rende mille volte piu' ricco!

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April 26, 2005 2:42 PM by Blogger Monsieur Jacques Pernod  
Someone living in Scotland (thanks, you know who you are) raised two points about this post:
1. "Edimburgo" is actually written "Edinburgh" and not "Edimburgh", like originally typed by me.
2. He says that he has always heard "billion" used as "ten to the ninth". There are many possibilities:
a. scottish numbering system is different from the one used in GB (and reported by dictionaries as "UK");
b. "billion" is currently evolving towards the more "standard" EN-US form;
c. he was cheated after having won the lottery, and will not admit it

In any case, thanks for the corrections.

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