# File lib/linguistics/en.rb, line 1030
    def to_thousands( thousands=0 )
        parts = []
        (0..thousands).step( Thousands.length - 1 ) {|i|
            if i.zero?
                parts.push Thousands[ thousands % (Thousands.length - 1) ]
            else
                parts.push Thousands.last
            end
        }

        return parts.join(" ")
    end