Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)
| From: | Michael Poxon <m.poxon@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 18, 2001, 12:36 |
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But isn't "ecu" French for "scum"? :-))
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christophe Grandsire" <christophe.grandsire@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)
> En réponse à Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>:
>
> >
> > PS I would much have prefered if the EU currency had got called _écu_
> > (homophonous pl _écus_) as earlier planned. Sounds good (if you can
> > pronunce
> > that [y]!), have historical justification, is nice Abbrev, and avoids
> > that
> > omnipresent "euro".
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