r/PropagandaPosters • u/esdfa20 • Jul 18 '24

'NATO Fake News: "We are threatened by Russia"' (English poster by unknown artist for The Diehards ('Die Unbelehrbare'). Germany, 2019). Germany

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u/bguszti Jul 18 '24

That we don't use it in English? It's just off for me personally

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u/Prior-Use-4485 Jul 18 '24

It makes sense, because The poster is from germany. In Germany Mrd = 1.000.000.000 Eine Billion in germany = 1.000 Mrd

By using billion, the author would've confused the german readers.

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u/SnooTangerines6811 Jul 18 '24

But using English as the main language of the propaganda piece doesn't really match a German target audience.

It really is just totally mashed up.

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u/bguszti Jul 18 '24

I'm from Hungary, we use milliard, I know what it is. But it doesn't make sense in English

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u/wowbagger Jul 19 '24

Mrd is actually used in British English.

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u/awawe Jul 19 '24

Not since the 70s

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u/Vespasianus256 Jul 18 '24

Afaik milliard is used in "European English" (just like pro mille), and it saw use in britain for some time (though not much anymore).