Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 15, 2001, 18:59 |
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Quoting Padraic Brown <agricola@...>:
> Am 14.12.01, Anton Sherwood yscrifef:
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> > Padraic Brown wrote:
> > > I love the Italian and some of the French designs. Austria /
> > > Switzerland (I forget which) are also not bad.
> >
> > Somehow I wouldn't expect a Swiss Euro.
>
> I think they're part of E-land... I think GB is about the
> only one not in on it.
No, Switzerland is not a member of the EU. The euro
members are: Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy,
Luxemburg, Holland, Austria, Portugal, Finland, and Greece.
EU members not in the Euro include: the UK, Denmark, and
Sweden.
> > > I hear the Greek designs are good too (and are also bucking
> > > the new "tradition" by calling the small deenomination "lepton"
> > > rather than "cent".
> >
> > It's a "cent"? The French accepted that?!
>
> Yes. And what's worse is the 'official' plurals are "cent" and "euro".
Probably pleases the Germans, though.
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