Re: CHAT: San Marino
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 24, 2000, 2:58 |
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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.
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".
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