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Re: USAGE: Currencies and -s

From:Daniel Seriff <microtonal@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 29, 2000, 3:39
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. -- Daniel Seriff microtonal@sericap.com http://members.tripod.com/microtonal Si iterum insanum me appelles, oculum alterum tuum edem.