Isaac Penzev wrote:
> R A Brown jazdy:
>
>
>>It will be interesting to see what the venerable Commissioners lay down
>>as the "correct" Cyrillic form of the name.
>
>
> There are no universal values for Cyrillic characters, e.g. |и| is [i] in
> Russian but [I] in Ukrainian.
I know. There are also no universal values for Roman characters either!!
But that has not prevented the Commissioners laying down that the
official Roman script form is _euro_ (written EURO on the banknotes).
> For now the only form I saw is |евро| in
> Russian and |євро| in Ukrainian. Both indeclinable masculine.
The Russians & Ukrainians are not members of the EU, so they can do as
they please. But I have no doubt whatsoever that when a country using
the Cyrillic alphabet joins the EU, then a "correct and official"
Cyrillic form will be laid down :)
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