RE: (TV) $1,000,000,000

["Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV>]

No slur was intended; it's just that I've read 
in more than one newspaper that in England the word 
"billion" is a synonym for [just] a million.  Leo

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Allison [mailto:keith@marquee.demon.co.uk]
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:58 PM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: Re: (TV) $1,000,000,000


In message 
<B2D7C52AFC38D61181940004763B1B0A0CD691@vntmail03.volpe.dot.gov>, 
"Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV> writes
>Just imagine what Television could do with one billion
>dollars (that's $1,000,000,000 not $1,000,000 for
>our British MM Mooners).

Yep, that's a billion over here, too!
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