I've done most of my schooling in an American school, until one and a half (school) years ago, I got moved to a British school.

In my previous school (American), we always called note values these names;
- Whole note (4 beats)
- Half note (2 beats)
- Quarter note (1 beat)
- Eighth note (1/2 beats)
- Sixteenth note (1/4 beats)
- Thirty-second note (1/8 beats)

However in my current school (British), they're calling the notes these names;
- Semibreve (4 beats)
- Minim (2 beats)
- Crotchet (1 beat)
- Quaver (1/2 beats)
- Semiquaver (1/4 beats)
- Demisemiquaver (1/8 beats)

In my opinion, the American names make much more sense, following a system of numbers, even though their names don't coordinate with their values. However, I could be a bit biased since I'm more accustomed to the American names. Plus, when you get to really short note values with the British names, the names get pretty ridiculous. What the hell is a demisemihemidemisemiquaver?

So which do you prefer? Any reason why?