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		wltr 31 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Million Times Million It makes no sense I’d say. In many European languages it’s milliard, etc.

8n4vidtmkvmk 31 days ago [–]

Why is million special when the numbers are grouped in 3s (thousands)? That makes no sense. Why flip flop suffixes between ion and iard?

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