Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)
| From: | Dan Jones <dan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 19, 2001, 12:47 |
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bjm10@CORNELL.EDU escreva:
>On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
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> > They didn't :))) . In French it's called a "centime d'Euro", and the
> official
> > name in English is the "Eurocent". Not that anyone is gonna use this name.
>
>I've a feeling that "Europenny" or even just "penny" will be more likely
>to actually get used. In the USA, the currency unit has been a "cent"
>for centuries, but the coin is still a "penny".
FWIW, in the UK people don't generally say "penny" anymore, let alone
"pence". 50 pence is "fifty pee", 50p.
Dan
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