----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Mulraney" <ataltanie@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: CHAT: The EU expands (was Re: THEORY/CHAT: Talmy, Jackendoff
and Matchboxes)
> Jean-François Colson wrote:
>
> >Will Russia never join the EU in my lifetime (I'm 28)?
> >Yes I know Russia has an important part of Asia in it and then the EU
would
> >become the Eurasian Union ;-) , but is that really impossible in the near
> >future? I remember Putin didn't say "no" in an interview on a French TV.
> >
> >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?
> >
> >
>
> Rather Bulgaria, I think. I guess that Cyrillic will appear eventually
> on the notes, but maybe they'll wait until
> the first redesign after Bulgaria's accession to add it. I can't imagine
> it being added on the spot.
>
> Ah, but just wait until Armenia joins! :)
Armenia is in Asia, not in Europe. (OK, it's in Eurasia ;-)
Jean-François Colson
jfcolson@belgacom.net