July 3, 2020
12:17 p.m.
On 2020-07-03 17:52, Jim J. Jewett wrote:
Specifying British English (as opposed to just British spelling) would probably tempt people to use more Brit-only idioms, in the same way that Monty Python tempts people to make Flying Circus references.
I don't love the idea of talking more about how many zeroes in a billion, or whether "table it" is an extra-fun reference *because* of the ambiguity.
The UK officially switched to the "short" billion (9 zeros) in 1974. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion