Re: OT coins and currency

Quoting "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>:

> On 1/9/06, Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
> > Back in the day, some Swedes used an English-inspired [j8\:ru], but that
> > pronunciation, thankfully, seems to have died out.
>
> Yeah, thank goodness.  The last thing you want is to sound like those
> ignorant Anglophones. :)
Indeed. :p

Seriously, apart from the fact I personally find that pronunciation ugly, it's
totally disconnected from how we pronounce related words like _Europa_,
_eurocentrisk_, etc.

Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:

> Andreas Johansson skrev:
>
>
> > The treatment of |eu| in Greek-derived Swedish words is erratic, but [Ev]
> is
> > probably the commonest.
> >
> > Back in the day, some Swedes used an English-inspired [j8\:ru], but that
> > pronunciation, thankfully, seems to have died out.
> >
> >                                           Andreas
> >
> >
>
> IME Swedish Euro-supporters say [j8\:ru] while Euro-opponents say
> [Evru] or [evru].  There may be exceptions, but by and large the
> picture holds true.
Really? I've not heard [j8\:ru] in a long time, and most younger people I know
are pro-euro.

I suppose we need a usage survey at this point, but I find it hard to believe
that most pro-euro people say [j8\:ru].

Looking around at some usage advice sites, I find some telling me to pronounce
it with "[Eu] as in _Europa_". Considering how I pronounce the name of the
continent, I suppose I should start refering to the currency as [e:ru] ...

                                          Andreas

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