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Originally Posted by ogon_bat
I think by European you meant rest of the world and by American you mean USA-only (unless our Canadian fellows do use short scale).
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Um, no, you're pretty far off the mark here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_an..._and_languages
The majority of the countries in the world actually do indeed use the short scale. Long scale usage is primarily limited to Spanish and French speaking regions, while many Asian countries uses neither, as they have their own numbering system.
As far as Canada goes, they use both - short scale for the English speaking regions, and long scale for the French regions.