Im younger than 40 so I didn’t know much about this difference, but it does make sense in long form. So why did short take over? Is this an americism?
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How did I not know this…
Really. 1 Billion is either 1,000,000,000 OR 1,000,000,000,000
That’s infuriating.
Is there a standard word for SI 10^9 and 10^12?
(I just figured out what the answer is)
10^9 is giga and 10^12 is tera, the prefix is the only universally standard format it seems?
But that sounds weird on its own…
I dont have a giga dollars 
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Dang, my whole life is a lie.
I must have read about it during all the (excessive) math studies I did in school. Yet I had forgot that Britain went with the short as well. I’d bet the reasons are more about geopolitics than science.
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How many is 6 gorillion?
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Too many, goyim.
Color, aluminum, gray. Silly Brits.
It really does make sense when you look at what other languages call their big numbers. Very interesting indeed…
I really don’t care for this millard term though.