>Hi Dragan,
>
>AFAIK you also have european roots?

Trunk and branches too. Just some bark is domesticated :).

>In Norway, and in many other countries, an american billion is call a milliard. This is much more logical really, and I will explain why. This is the european standard, which is a 1E6 standard as opposed to the 1E3 which is used in USA:
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>1E6*1 = 1E6 = 1 million (m is taken from mono meaning one)
>1E9 = 1E6*1E3 = 1 milliard

Same in Serbian, "milijarda"... which is about 0.91 mm (one milli-yard) :).

>1E12 = 1E(6*2) = 1 billion (bi means two)
>1E15 = 1E12*1E3 = 1 milliard

I assume this one should be "billiard"... which would probably translate to "pool" here.