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

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

Yes, I goofed.

By the way, Murray you were probably kidding 
about flying over to US for March 2003 
Television gigs--but it would be great if you 
could make it.  	Leo  

-----Original Message-----
From: Murray Ramone 
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 5:43 PM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: RE: (TV) $1,000,000,000


A billion used to be a million million - 1,000,000,000,000 in the UK but 
we've since adopted the American terminology

>From: "Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV>
>Reply-To: tv@obbard.com
>To: "'tv@obbard.com'" <tv@obbard.com>
>Subject: RE: (TV) $1,000,000,000
>Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:15:59 -0500
>
>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
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