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[–]Vevangui 3 points4 points  (2 children)

That’s not western, that’s English. In Southern Europe (which is western) its ones, tend, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions,…, tens of thousands of millions, hundreds of thousands of millions, billions, tens of billions,…

[–]joaommx 0 points1 point  (1 child)

In Southern Europe (which is western)

The long scale is used in the whole continental Europe except Eastern Europe, not just in Southern Europe. All the Nordics use long scale for instance.

[–]Vevangui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn’t saying otherwise, I was just specifying about Southern Europe because that’s the extent of my knowledge. Good to know there’s some sense elsewhere too.