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Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 18, 2001, 16:25
Christophe Grandsire wrote:


> No, it's "écume", unrelated word. French "écu" comes from the Old French word > for "shield": "escu". Why it became used for coins I don't know,
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