10 Jun
2015
10 Jun
'15
1:37 p.m.
A reasonable false etymology for billion is "big stick", as _bille_ is a pool queue. Compare billiard, mille / million / milliard. On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:22 AM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
The word "billion" means different things in two different dialects of English (British and American). Can anyone give other examples where one number word means two different things into two languages or dialects?
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