Fw: Russian for "euro"

[Andrew Jameson]

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> From: Oksana Fedotova <O.Fedotova at btinternet.com>
> To: a.jameson at dial.pipex.com
> Subject: Re:
> Date: 02 February 1999 16:05
>
> Just a guess - i haven`t been back there for years now - and the language
> must have changed a lot.
>
> 1.  Intuitively, I`d use the masculine form, by analogy with `peso`, and not
> decline it.
>
> 2.  -u- is unlikely to be a syllable, it will be probably either a `diftong`
> or a syllable `ev-`, from `evropa`.  For the same reason, I`d use -e- rather
> than e oborotnoe.
>
> 3.  the likelihood of -e- or -o- to be stressed is roughly the same.
>
> But really, what is the correct way?
>
> Oksana.