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

> 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.

John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
"[O]n the whole I'd rather make love than shoot guns [...]"
        --Eric Raymond

On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Mangiat wrote: