Re: USAGE: Currencies and -s

DOUGLAS KOLLER wrote:
>
> From: "Thomas R. Wier"
>
> > DOUGLAS KOLLER wrote:
> > I think you're right here.  For some reason, I find "yens" and "yuans"
> > completely unacceptable; "kronas" almost as much.   "liras" is slightly
> > better than all those, but I'd still prefer "lira" as the plural of liras,
> > personally.
>
> Reading you and after saying "lira -- liras" to myself as I did the dishes,
> I tend to agree; "lira" sounds better as the plural. Still wishy-washy about
> krona.
Why not use the actual native plural? That is 1 lira, 1700 lire, 1
krona, 35 kronen. Although when speaking in English I say 1 Mark, 20
Marks, in German, of course, the plural remains Mark.

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