• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    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.

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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      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.