----- Original Message -----
From: "Javier BF" <uaxuctum@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: CHAT: The EU expands (was Re: THEORY/CHAT: Talmy, Jackendoff
and Matchboxes)
> >> On the European bank notes (billets de banque), the word EURO is
written
> >in
> >> the Latin and Greek alphabets. Will we have new banknotes when
> Byelorussia
> >> join?
> >
> >I'm sure they will and it'll be EBPO.
>
> The funny thing is that neither EYPO nor EBPO are written
> with letters which obviously do not belong to the Latin
> set.
<UTF-8> !!!!! Alert Unicode Text !!!!!
Excepted that for the Greek version that's ΕΥΡΩ, i.e. EYP + Omega
</UTF-8>
> That is, many uninformed people could simply assume
> hat EYPO and EBPO are just weird words for "euro" in
> *Latin* characters from some obscure European Union
> language. It would be much interesting to have a Greek
> psi or a Cyrillic ya on the euro banknotes.
There's already a Greek Omega.
>
>
> >I'll be interesting if/when Israel
> >(and perhaps Lebanon) joins and both Hebrew and Arabic become official.
If ever Turkey or Russia Join the EU, that would be understandable since
they are partly in Europe and their Capitals are in Europe. But Israel and
Lebanon are wholefully in Asia. Aren't they?
>
> I've never understood what is the logic of having Israel
> in Eurovision, given that Israel is definitely not in Europe.
I agree. But I thank them, anyway, for Gali Atari & Milk and Honey's very
good song "Hallelujah" (1st price [1er prix] in 1979).
Jean-François Colson
jfcolson@belgacom.net