LL-L "Currency" 2002.02.03 (04) [E]

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From: "Andy Eagle" <andy at scots-online.org>
Subject: The Euro [E]

Sandy recently asked (jokingly) What's that in Euros?

I recently read something about whether the plural of Euro is Euros.
According to the folk at the ECB its Euro in both the singular an
plural.
Euros is of course a natural English plural formation. In Scots I would
expect Euro as both singular and plural as is usual with nouns of
measurement.

How is this new word affecting other Lowlands languages?

Further more many coins in the previous currencies had names for them.
Are
there signs that these names are being applied to the new coins in
popular
speech.

In Germany in the after the first weeks after the intro duction of the
Euro
folk said a price followed by the word Euro. This now seems to be
dwindling
with folk simply saying the price.

On saturday I was asked for a 'Groschen' 10c previously 10 Pfennig.

Any observations?

Andy Eagle

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