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Re: CHAT: San Marino

From:Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 23, 2000, 20:29
John Cowan wrote:

> "Thomas R. Wier" wrote: > > > > Which is to say 5.37 euros (yes, "euros"; English is not German) > > > > "Euro" to me would be a short (perhaps slightly derogatory) form for "European". > > "euro" is fairly obviously the currency. > > Not my point. The EU wants us anglophones to say "one euro, two euro; one > cent, two cent", which is clearly against the spirit of English. > Similarly, invariant "euro" and "cent" give Irish the fits. See Michael Everson's > rants at http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso10646/euro :
Ah, that makes sense. You're right: no English-speaking person would use "euro" as both singular and plural. I mean, why do that anyway? They already have a euro symbol that can function in exactly the same way: €1, €2, etc. ====================================== Tom Wier | "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." ======================================