And you confuse all Germans learning English with this nonsense, as our Billion is 1.000.000.000.000 (and yes, we use points to separate the digits and commas for decimals.)We explicitly legalized the metric system in 1866, thanks. It's currently still illegal to sell draught beer and cider in metric units in the UK.
So, you know, when y'all have finally caught up to the U.S. on legally allowing universal use of the metric system, maybe you should adopt Rebel English. Y'all went and converted from 1,000,000,000 being "one thousand million" to the American name "one billion" back in 1975, so it's a process you have familiarity with.![]()
on a second note, y'all won't have to bother with the 6' problem in metric
