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Zillions and Zillions

by yuchi on 4/11/23, 12:00 PM with 5 comments

• by ralferoo on 4/17/23, 11:22 AM

  Hmmm, I think there must be some local influence in this too. Growing up in the UK, I can recall hearing gazillion far more frequently than zillion.

  Also, younger children would often also say squillion for a number even bigger than (ga)zillion.

• by mike_hock on 4/15/23, 2:22 PM

  Sometimes unintended typos pwn the prior accepted spelling.

• by culi on 4/15/23, 2:41 PM

  > It's also perhaps worth noting that the -b- key and the -z- key sit right next to one another on the 1895 Linotype board

  It's like `zomg` or `pwn`

• by immdischt on 4/15/23, 9:59 AM

  Frys most iconic offer: https://youtu.be/whUvTIzcE_U

  „One Jillion Dollars!“

• by edzillion on 4/15/23, 5:50 PM

  How very cromulent.