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Re: CHAT: San Marino

From:Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...>
Date:Monday, August 28, 2000, 21:06
> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:33:02 -0400 > From: John Cowan <cowan@...> > > > German has Auto > Autos. Why not Euro > Euros (Obviously pronounced /Ojro/ - > > /Ojros/) > > 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 M