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

On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Anton Sherwood wrote:

> > On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 bjm10@CORNELL.EDU wrote:
> > > 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".
>
> But nobody calls a nickel "five pennies" (let alone "pence"!).
Exactly my point.  Even though the value of the nickel is five cents, it
is never called anything but a nickel.

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