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From: "Fabian" <>
Subject: Re: Wealth
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 16:22:38 +0100


John Steele Gordon hu kiteb

> million = 1000^2 (1000 to the power of 2)
> billion = 1000^3
> trillion = 1000^4
> quadrillion = 1000^5
> and so on. Seems pretty logical to me.

Now look at the etymology of the morphemes and tell me it still makes total
sense.


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