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minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-25 days agoEnglish->English French->American Due to US market size, theirs is becoming more standard. Like metric, the US swapped to the French version because of their hate of the British following the split.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoOk, see I knew French and Latin used the 1000 of the previous magnitude word is the next magnitude word, I wasn’t sure if that was standard or not. Seems that it is the Brits who changed things.
English->English
French->American
Due to US market size, theirs is becoming more standard.
Like metric, the US swapped to the French version because of their hate of the British following the split.
Ok, see I knew French and Latin used the 1000 of the previous magnitude word is the next magnitude word, I wasn’t sure if that was standard or not. Seems that it is the Brits who changed things.