outside of Commonwealth countries and Europe, people do not, as a rule, gravitate towards British English People, as a rule, pick up the colloquialisms of their teacher.
American English is the premier language of commerce and political power. *Vomit* Where on earth did this come from. The differences between American English and British English are so marginal it's not worth discussing. Excluding slang/mannerisms/abbreviations (which aren't a part of any language of commerce or political power) the only difference is a few spelling rules and the odd difference in pronunciation.
From Wikipedia:
Australia is the world's largest exporter of coal (35% of international trade), iron ore, lead, diamonds, rutile, zinc and zirconium, second largest of gold and uranium, and third largest of aluminium. Infact, although Australia is currently the second largest exporter of uranium it has the worlds largest known reserves, weighing in at about 30%.
At the moment the chances of Australia being invaded are about the same as America or the UK being invaded - next to nothing.
The truth is that the primary role of our armed services has never been defense of the home soil, it has been to take part in overseas wars or peacekeeping missions.
Yes, using the British/French/German... system a trillion is a million million million, or 1 000 000^3. I'm in Australia and we seem to use both notations.
In the US, a novemdecillion is 10^60, or 20 groups of '000' (19 after the first). In long scale a novemdecillion is 1 000 000^19. No harder to calculate, just completely different. My preference is for the latter simply because I am familiar with it.
The truth is that the US system is commonly used in many english speaking countries due largely to the Americanisation of the media, even though 'officially' that country may subscribe to a different convention, hence all the confusion.
They can't have been that successful, Northern Ireland is still a part of the UK.
And American civilization hasn't fallen to its knees!
The point is that people were scared shitless.
My dad worked as a courier in the heat of the IRA campaign and if he turned up at a business with a package they weren't expecting they'd make him stand out on the pavement holding it until they had spoken to the people who had sent it.
Londoners aren't exempt from public transport data mining either - the police are producing oyster card data as evidence of people's whereabouts.
And they have now forced people into buying the cards by hiking up the cash fare and closing down ticket offices.
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What defence force?
The pervasive effect of the religious right in Australian politics
Australian sockets do...
Do you think they wouldn't pick up a gun if needed? They would if they had limbs
At the moment the chances of Australia being invaded are about the same as America or the UK being invaded - next to nothing.
The truth is that the primary role of our armed services has never been defense of the home soil, it has been to take part in overseas wars or peacekeeping missions.
Yes, using the British/French/German... system a trillion is a million million million, or 1 000 000^3. I'm in Australia and we seem to use both notations.
In the US, a novemdecillion is 10^60, or 20 groups of '000' (19 after the first). In long scale a novemdecillion is 1 000 000^19. No harder to calculate, just completely different. My preference is for the latter simply because I am familiar with it.
The truth is that the US system is commonly used in many english speaking countries due largely to the Americanisation of the media, even though 'officially' that country may subscribe to a different convention, hence all the confusion.
Of course outside the US a billion is one million million (bi-million). Thats why people say one thousand million - because it's completely different.
And American civilization hasn't fallen to its knees! The point is that people were scared shitless.
My dad worked as a courier in the heat of the IRA campaign and if he turned up at a business with a package they weren't expecting they'd make him stand out on the pavement holding it until they had spoken to the people who had sent it.
Lets not forget that this is the same IRA that blew up 75,000 square meters of office and retail space with one bomb.
Londoners aren't exempt from public transport data mining either - the police are producing oyster card data as evidence of people's whereabouts. And they have now forced people into buying the cards by hiking up the cash fare and closing down ticket offices.