Re: CHAT: R: Re: CHAT: San Marino

> John Cowan wrote:
>
> > "Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
> >
> > > > Which is to say 5.37 euros (yes, "euros"; English is not German)
> > >
> > > "Euro" to me would be a short (perhaps slightly derogatory) form for
"European".
> > > "euro" is fairly obviously the currency.
> >
> > Not my point.  The EU wants us anglophones to say "one euro, two euro;
one
> > cent, two cent", which is clearly against the spirit of English.
> > Similarly, invariant "euro" and "cent" give Irish the fits. See Michael
Everson's
> > rants at http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso10646/euro :
>
> Ah, that makes sense. You're right:  no English-speaking person would use
> "euro" as both singular and plural.  I mean, why do that anyway?  They
already
> have a euro symbol that can function in exactly the same way:  ?1, ?2,
etc.
>
German has Auto > Autos. Why not Euro > Euros (Obviously pronounced /Ojro/ -
/Ojros/)

Luca