Re: CHAT: San Marino

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.

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Tom Wier   |     "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero."
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