Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 16, 2001, 0:53 |
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Quoting Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>:
> "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? In German the plurals could be "cent" and "euro", in
> Italian it could "centi" and "euri" (I think), in Spanish "centes" and
> "euros", etc.
Why an official plural? EU-think, that's why. If not, you'd
be dangerously close to lacking "European solidarity". There
can be no diversity, only unity.
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