Re: CHAT Was: Re: Accents

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 15:46:23 -0500
John Cowan <jcowan@...> wrote:

> Stephen Mulraney wrote:
>
>
> > * regular plural form is unattested in official literature ;) "5 euro".
> > I'm just waiting to hear some Dublin salt say "five euro me arse! 'Tis 5
> > effin' euros! Jaysus!"
>
>
> Check out http://www.evertype.com/standards/euro/euro-eora-en.pdf
> for a fine rant on the subject (or -ga if you'd rather read the
> rant in Irish) by Michael Everson.  His conclusions:  "euro, euros,
> cent, cents" for English; the written forms "eora" (or "eoro") and
> "ceint" with proper inflections for Irish ("ocht n-eora, cuig cheint,
> ocht gceint").  (Apologies for omitting accents.)
Thanks for the reference, it is indeed a fine rant! To be honest I
have trouble with the whole name. "Cent" is fine, but the word "euro"
stinks, and just sounds wrong. As soon as the old pound irrevocably
dissappears, I'll start calling "one euro" "one pound", or more likely
"a quid" or even "a schilling" ;). I've heard people in the city call them
"eurodollars" and "europounds" too.... ;)

s.

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