In the French and American system of notation, each number is a
thousand times the preceding number. Thus, one billion is a thousand
times one million and one trillion is a thousand billions. Yet, in the
English and German system, each number is a MILLION times the
preceding one!
While a vigintillion is written as a 1 followed by 63 zeros by the
French and Americas - it is followed by no less than 120 zeros in
England and Germany!
Googol is universally 1 followed by 100 zeros. Googolplex is 10 to the
power of googol.
To exacerbate matters, decimals are written in the form 1.23 in the
United States, 1ยท23 in the United Kingdom, and 1,23 in continental
Europe. Thus $14,100 is 14 thousand US dollars in the United States -
but only 14 dollars and ten cents in Vienna.
http://www.math2.org/math/general/numnotation.htm
http://www.math.com/tables/general/numnotation.htm
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), the American President (1829-1837) was
much ridiculed for his Bushisms (lack of grasp of the English
language). He was - erroneously - "credited" with the creation of the
much used OK by spelling "all correct" as "oll korrect.
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