On: Wirecard files for insolvency after financial hole laid bare

[siegfried-en]

It'd be around 80 billion dollars, actually

[pgrulich → siegfried-en]

I think he confused the us billion (10⁹) with the german billion (10¹²) ;)

[mratsim → pgrulich]

What? So what do German use for 10^9, Milliarden?

In French we use Milliard for billion and Trilliard for Trillions (and millions for millions).

[tilolebo → mratsim]

Wow, French living in Germany for over 10 years, never realized that Billion meant something else here.

I guess I'm not rich enough, ahah.

[detaro → mratsim]

yep. Millionen, Milliarden, Billionen, Billiarden, Trillionen, Trilliarden

[linjus → pgrulich]

but he used "billions" correctly in the first sentence

[siegfried-en → pgrulich]

Yeah, that's probably it!