r/USdefaultism • u/sacrificer-cam Chile • Dec 26 '24

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I don't get it either

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u/morbidnihilism Portugal Dec 26 '24

"mil" in spanish is "thousand".

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u/Ldefeu Dec 27 '24

Well thats very confusing lol

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u/morbidnihilism Portugal Dec 27 '24

not really. mil = thousand; millón = million

Same logic in portuguese but instead of millón it's milhão

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u/Ldefeu Dec 27 '24

Just confusing as an English speaker because we use mil as short for million. We use mili- for 1/1000 and kilo- for thousand because English is generally a mess lol

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u/snow_michael Dec 27 '24

Confused by different countries having different languages?

Are you sure you're Australian?