Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)
From: | Padraic Brown <agricola@...> |
Date: | Sunday, December 16, 2001, 0:59 |
Am 15.12.01, Nik Taylor yscrifef:
> "Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
> > > Yes. And what's worse is the 'official' plurals are "cent" and "euro".
> >
> > Probably pleases the Germans, though.
>
> Why should there be an official plural? Shouldn't that be a matter for
> each language?
Of course. I have no doubt that Spanish and English speakers will
tack an ess on there, regardless of the official form. I have
never said (written) "euro" when speaking of more than one of them.
Padraic.
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