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Re: OT coins and currency

From:R A Brown <ray@...>
Date:Monday, January 9, 2006, 19:19
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 :) -- Ray ================================== ray@carolandray.plus.com http://www.carolandray.plus.com ================================== MAKE POVERTY HISTORY