Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 15, 2001, 22:57 |
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"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
> > Yes. And what's worse is the 'official' plurals are "cent" and "euro".
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> 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.
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