Talk:Einstein vs Stephen Hawking/Rap Meanings/@comment-93.211.17.135-20140628231316/@comment-1708748-20140708063529

And the crazy thing about this whole number bit? The British, like Hawking, have until recently used a "lomg scale" system as opposed to the American "short scale" system. To move up one order of magnitude on the long scale, you multiply by 1,000,000 instead of 1,000 each time. Multiplying by 1,000 each time gives you half-steps, like milliard and billiard.