Re: CHAT: San Marino
| From: | Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 28, 2000, 21:06 |
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> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:33:02 -0400
> From: John Cowan <cowan@...>
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> > German has Auto > Autos. Why not Euro > Euros (Obviously pronounced /Ojro/ -
> > /Ojros/)
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> Quite possible. But German doesn't pluralize a noun after a number
> (nor does any Germanic language IIRC except English): "ein Meter,
> zwei Meter" is normal for "one meter, two meters". Therefore, "1
> Euro, 2 Euro" seems very natural in German but not in English.
You're right about metres, but not in general: It's ein Mann, zwei
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