Re: CHAT: San Marino
| From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 24, 2000, 3:33 |
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On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:
>John Cowan wrote:
>> 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.
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>Depends on dialect. :-) In the Southern US, "cent" is a common way to
>pluralize "cent". Of course, it's often criticized as "incorrect" or
>"bad English".
Yes! I've noticed that amongst many speakers. Like, "I paid twenny
five cent for that one!" or "You mean a call costs thirty five cent
now!?" I shall listen more closely when going up North.
Padraic.
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