Its "Euro" not "Euros"

Clytus · 31-01-2008 9:33pm #1

Right...I remember just before the Euro changeover somone on the Pat Kenny show telling us why you cant pluralise the word Euro ( something to do with the word beginning and ending with a vowel)

If thats the case why do so so many News readers ,TV hosts, Radio broadcasters ( George Hook being the most guilty) and folks in general say "Euros"??

...and I may as well ask this while posting,but why on earth do some Dublin people find the need to refer to "Crisps" as "crips"???...are people with a Dublin accent just being lazy while they talk and cant be bothered to pull back thier tounge to pronounce the "Cris" part of the word??

Or maybe Im just missing something!!:(

WhiteWashMan · 31-01-2008 9:35pm

who gives a fcuks?

Jesus Wept · 31-01-2008 9:36pm

Because plank was the wrong messenger.

Clytus wrote: »

...and I may as well ask this while posting,but why on earth do some Dublin people find the need to refer to "Chrisps" as "crips"???...are people with a Dublin accent just being lazy while they talk and cant be bothered to pull back thier tounge to pronounce the "Chris" part of the word??

Or maybe Im just missing something!!

Woah, back up there. That's not a Dublin thing.
If anything I'd of said it's more of a country thing, but to be more accurate, I guess it's a people thing.

It depends on the person, and yes it does sound stupid.

Jeapy · 31-01-2008 9:36pm

Clytus wrote: »

Right...I remember just before the Euro changeover somone on the Pat Kenny show telling us why you cant pluralise the word Euro ( something to do with the word beginning and ending with a vowel)

If thats the case why do so so many News readers ,TV hosts, Radio broadcasters ( George Hook being the most guilty) and folks in general say "Euros"??

...and I may as well ask this while posting,but why on earth do some Dublin people find the need to refer to "Chrisps" as "crips"???...are people with a Dublin accent just being lazy while they talk and cant be bothered to pull back thier tounge to pronounce the "Chris" part of the word??

Or maybe Im just missing something!!:(

Maybe Im missing something but I don't think there's any "h" in crisps! Ive heard people use crips though, i think its hilarious! People saying euros annoys me but Ive read somewhere that both are acceptable.

Rb · 31-01-2008 9:36pm

crisps

AckwelFoley · 31-01-2008 9:36pm

WhiteWashMan wrote: »

who gives a fcuks?

Post of the day.

Have some cake.

rollie · 31-01-2008 9:37pm

their bloody yo-yo's

dsmythy · 31-01-2008 9:37pm

Regional dialects. It's just how it is.

AckwelFoley · 31-01-2008 9:37pm

Genius.. whats the plural for Penis??

Kinetic^ · 31-01-2008 9:38pm

snyper wrote: »

Genius.. whats the plural for Penis??

I would like to refer you to wwm's post above.

rollie · 31-01-2008 9:38pm

...or squids...

Wreck · 31-01-2008 9:39pm

According to the Boosh it's Euro's so thats the end of that. Unless you want to get trapped in a box by a cockney nutjob.

mike65 · 31-01-2008 9:39pm

anal or what

Mike.

Fremen · 31-01-2008 9:40pm

Shut up, that's why!

Ruu_Old · 31-01-2008 9:40pm

Euroings!

rollie · 31-01-2008 9:41pm

or i am reliably informed if you're from kiliney they're called snots

Dr_Teeth · 31-01-2008 9:41pm

Clytus wrote: »

Right...I remember just before the Euro changeover somone on the Pat Kenny show telling us why you cant pluralise the word Euro ( something to do with the word beginning and ending with a vowel)

Or maybe Im just missing something!!:(

You are of course completely wrong.. and you're not alone either, sadly.

A good explanation:

http://www.evertype.com/standards/euro/euronames.html

AckwelFoley · 31-01-2008 9:41pm

Kenny 5 wrote: »

I would like to refer you to wwm's post above.

Bwahahaha!!

i think its "penii"

Pighead · 31-01-2008 9:42pm

Don't mind the nasty whitewashman Clytus. Pighead for one thinks you've created a marvellous little thread here. So many questions that can be discussed, debated and ignored at length.

Interestingly If placed end to end the amount of new legal euro tender would reach to the moon and back five times. Took Pighead an age to get over that staggering fact. Anyway will be back later on to talk more euro with you pal.

kizzyr · 31-01-2008 9:42pm

Clytus wrote: »

Right...I remember just before the Euro changeover somone on the Pat Kenny show telling us why you cant pluralise the word Euro ( something to do with the word beginning and ending with a vowel)

If thats the case why do so so many News readers ,TV hosts, Radio broadcasters ( George Hook being the most guilty) and folks in general say "Euros"??

...and I may as well ask this while posting,but why on earth do some Dublin people find the need to refer to "Chrisps" as "crips"???...are people with a Dublin accent just being lazy while they talk and cant be bothered to pull back thier tounge to pronounce the "Chris" part of the word??

Or maybe Im just missing something!!:(

Its crisps not Chrisps .......although to be fair the "crips" thing bugs the hell out of me too as does "bokkle" rather than "bottle" "likkle" in place of "little" "hostipal" for "hospital" "trouders" for "trousers", "cousint" for "cousin". Then there are the people who say "package of crips" not "packet of crisps". For the biggest irritant I'm torn between people (and there are a lot of them) who insist on saying "O8" (as in the letter "O") when it should be "08" (as in the number zero). Why oh why do people use the letter when they are really talking about a number? This also happen when people speak about the number hundred in the singular. They say "a hundred" rather than "one hundred". To say "a hundred people were there" is ok but when someone says "the first a hundred people to arrive"......really annoys me. I get need to get a life don't I?:o
Re: Pat Kenny and the beginning and ending with a vowel and not being able to use the plural doesn't stand up; e.g. apple / apples, orange/ oranges omelette / omelettes

dewsbury · 31-01-2008 9:44pm

The euro was a new word (in a currency sense). Words evolve and this evolution suggestions that both forms are acceptable and correct (I use the word correct loosely).

Personally I prefer "euros" as it uses the normal pluralisation protocol of simply adding the letter "s" to the end of the word.
"Euros" would seem a more natural use of the word for english speakers.

There is no right or wrong in this matter.

dsmythy · 31-01-2008 9:46pm

snyper wrote: »

Bwahahaha!!

i think its "penii"

I think it's actually the less interesting; Penises

Wishbone Ash · 31-01-2008 9:47pm

I refuse to use 'Euro' (unless referring to a single Euro).

'Euro' for plural just sounds stupid!

It's my little form of protest just like ordering 'chips' in McDonalds especially when being served by a manager!

dsmythy · 31-01-2008 9:49pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I refuse to use 'Euro' (unless referring to a single Euro).

'Euro' for plural just sounds stupid!

It's my little form of protest just like ordering 'chips' in McDonalds especially when being served by a manager!

I always ask for chips and say medium instead of regular. That's what they are after all.

admiralofthefleet · 31-01-2008 9:49pm

they should be called beer tokens

Karoma · 31-01-2008 9:52pm

Yay! This topic again. I could never get tired of it.

Fremen wrote: »

Shut up, that's why!

Bless you, sir.

As for 'crips' ("chrisps"?!) - metathesis is a long-running tradition for English speakers and I think you'll find it's not just Dublin speakers that make the mistake. It does tend to be city folk that do it more often though. Mistakes repeated often enough become habit become the norm?

Gordon · 31-01-2008 9:53pm

Clytus · 31-01-2008 10:00pm

So basically you can stick the letter S onto the end of the word Euro.

other abuses of the English language include "Windas"= Windows, "Thrun"= Thrown,"runnin"= running "cuekin"= cooking,"froot"= fruit

I really must be in foul form!!

dsmythy · 31-01-2008 10:05pm

Clytus wrote: »

So basically you can stick the letter S onto the end of the word Euro.

other abuses of the English language include "Windas"= Windows, "Thrun"= Thrown,"runnin"= running "cuekin"= cooking,"froot"= fruit

I really must be in foul form!!

Or a bit posh. Let people speak how they like.

kizzyr · 31-01-2008 10:23pm

Clytus wrote: »

So basically you can stick the letter S onto the end of the word Euro.

other abuses of the English language include "Windas"= Windows, "Thrun"= Thrown,"runnin"= running "cuekin"= cooking,"froot"= fruit

I really must be in foul form!!

As you'll have seen from my post you're not the only one. I like your list, you did (shame on you) forget these two " buke" for "book" and "luke" for "look".

kizzyr · 31-01-2008 10:34pm

dsmythy wrote: »

Or a bit posh. Let people speak how they like.

Whats wrong with being a bit posh?

Chiron · 31-01-2008 11:09pm

kizzyr wrote: »

This also happen when people speak about the number hundred in the singular. They say "a hundred" rather than "one hundred". To say "a hundred people were there" is ok but when someone says "the first a hundred people to arrive"......really annoys me.

This drives me mad too. They are alway doing it on Top Gear "this car costs an amazing a hundred thousand pounds".

There is also an ad for some bank running on the radio at the moment. It says something along the lines of "switch your account now and claim your a hundred and fifty euro".

I dont know why, but it really drives me mental.

I also hate people who say crips.

cazzy · 31-01-2008 11:15pm

I worked in a bank at the time of the euro introduction and we all got a circular at the time to say we were to pronounce it euro at all times as those on the continent don't prononuce the "s" and we didn't want to be different. (Think it was mainly a French thing but French speakers may confirm). The British dont seem to have got the circular though that we got ... they all say euros. People generally said euros here too until then.

Virgil° · 31-01-2008 11:20pm

Always said euros myself.Just feels more natural saying it.
Onto what pronunciation annoys me: Ever listen to Alan Hughes on Tv3 in the morning?Throughout= trout. GRRRRRRRRR!!!:mad:

Neamhshuntasach · 31-01-2008 11:32pm

if how people say things annoys the **** outta someone, they must live one happy ****in life

Xavi6 · 31-01-2008 11:43pm

Its "Euro" not "Euros"

Yeah and it's "it's" not "its"

Terry · 31-01-2008 11:48pm

It's Crips. Yay!

Tickets.ie · 01-02-2008 12:03am

I think the reason that Euro is used for both the singular and the plural has got to do with the fact that it's a pan-European word - the word is used in many European countries and different languages use different endings to denote plural. Otherwise for example in a country like Germany they might call it 'Euroen' etc. It probably has something to do with political sensitives when it comes to using languages in Europe. Why should the English plural version be adopted as the plural version and they don't even use the currency?! According to the Central Bank either version (is correct) and can be used in Ireland.

Personally I prefer Euro rather than Euros.

FunkyChicken · 01-02-2008 12:04am

kizzyr wrote: »

Its crisps not Chrisps .......although to be fair the "crips" thing bugs the hell out of me too as does "bokkle" rather than "bottle" "likkle" in place of "little" "hostipal" for "hospital" "trouders" for "trousers", "cousint" for "cousin". Then there are the people who say "package of crips" not "packet of crisps". For the biggest irritant I'm torn between people (and there are a lot of them) who insist on saying "O8" (as in the letter "O") when it should be "08" (as in the number zero). Why oh why do people use the letter when they are really talking about a number? This also happen when people speak about the number hundred in the singular. They say "a hundred" rather than "one hundred". To say "a hundred people were there" is ok but when someone says "the first a hundred people to arrive"......really annoys me. I get need to get a life don't I?:o
Re: Pat Kenny and the beginning and ending with a vowel and not being able to use the plural doesn't stand up; e.g. apple / apples, orange/ oranges omelette / omelettes

the first part of your post is 100% spot on. the people who usually say crips and bokkle and **** are skangers so its just another reason to dislike them, I suppose.

The rest of your post tho is dumb. I'd say Oh-8 in reference to a reg plate and a hundred. Thats just being finicky tbh.. altho I've never heard anyone say the first a hundred people to arrive. Maybe you're hanging around retards or something?

randylonghorn · 01-02-2008 12:12am

snyper wrote:

Genius.. whats the plural for Penis??

i think its "penii"

The Latinate plural in this case would be penes rather than penii, as penis is a third declension noun ... if the word were penus it would most likely be second declension and be pluralised as you have suggested.

dsmythy wrote: »

I think it's actually the less interesting; Penises

The more conventionally English form of plural is equally correct, and probably more commonly used outside of medical literature ... insofar as anyone talks about penises in the plural outside of medical literature!

Personally, I prefer not to think about them in the plural at all, I find it a bit disturbing tbh ... >.<

But by no means let me spoil your fun, Snyper ...

Bob the Builder · 01-02-2008 12:13am

WhiteWashMan wrote: »

who gives a fcuks?

I'll give you a tip of a few euros for that post...

bitemybanger · 01-02-2008 12:20am

Crips
Pound(its been Euro for the last 8 or so years:rolleyes:)
Hostable
winda(window)
shurrup
Only in Dublin:D
I was watching an old interview with Robbie Keane and it had to be sub-titled, WTF:eek:

johnnyskeleton · 01-02-2008 12:24am

Clytus wrote: »

Right...I remember just before the Euro changeover somone on the Pat Kenny show telling us why you cant pluralise the word Euro ( something to do with the word beginning and ending with a vowel)

Euroma can't pluralise.

Kinetic^ · 01-02-2008 12:26am

Shekels tbh.

randylonghorn · 01-02-2008 12:33am

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Euroma can't pluralise.

Don't single out Karoma like that, just coz he's a jaffa ...

WetDaddy · 01-02-2008 12:34am

Or how about the age old Dublin favourite: "We bet them in the match last week". Every time I hear this, I want to chew out my own spine.

BKtje · 01-02-2008 12:57am

I'm a Euro man myself.

Regarding the "a hundred thousand", doesn't "a" denote singular?

as in "a book", "a cow", "a sheep" where as "the books", "the cows", "the sheep" denotes plural? So "a hundred thousand" denoting a single hundred. I realise this isn't accurate when used with numbers but you can see why Hamster and co say it.

I ain't no english word knower person though and am open to correction and a little flaming!

What really gets me is pedantic people trying to make us all sound alike. Ain't there bigger problems to get worked up about? Each to their own though.

AckwelFoley · 01-02-2008 1:06am

randylonghorn wrote: »

The Latinate plural in this case would be penes rather than penii, as penis is a third declension noun ... if the word were penus it would most likely be second declension and be pluralised as you have suggested.
The more conventionally English form of plural is equally correct, and probably more commonly used outside of medical literature ... insofar as anyone talks about penises in the plural outside of medical literature!
...

I salute your knowledge of all things sexual .. and their plural.

I only wanted to know the plural for my Screenplay im working on

Brokeback Mountain 2
Bukakke in the Hills

david1two3 · 01-02-2008 1:08am

Clytus wrote: »

Right...I remember just before the Euro changeover somone on the Pat Kenny show telling us why you cant pluralise the word Euro ( something to do with the word beginning and ending with a vowel)

If thats the case why do so so many News readers ,TV hosts, Radio broadcasters ( George Hook being the most guilty) and folks in general say "Euros"??

...and I may as well ask this while posting,but why on earth do some Dublin people find the need to refer to "Crisps" as "crips"???...are people with a Dublin accent just being lazy while they talk and cant be bothered to pull back thier tounge to pronounce the "Cris" part of the word??

Or maybe Im just missing something!!:(

When it comes to crips they have a lips. They are addicted to being afflicted which would make a lovely two part drama, all Dublin cast talking with their lips full of crips and not one of them sneezing.

randylonghorn · 01-02-2008 1:14am

snyper wrote: »

I salute your knowledge of all things sexual .. and their plural.

I only wanted to know the plural for my Screenplay im working on

Brokeback Mountain 2
Bukakke in the Hills

Any truth in the rumour that it was originally to be sub-titled "Bukkake on the Heath"?

tolosenc · 01-02-2008 1:19am

Tickets.ie wrote: »

I think the reason that Euro is used for both the singular and the plural has got to do with the fact that it's a pan-European word - the word is used in many European countries and different languages use different endings to denote plural. Otherwise for example in a country like Germany they might call it 'Euroen' etc. It probably has something to do with political sensitives when it comes to using languages in Europe. Why should the English plural version be adopted as the plural version and they don't even use the currency?! According to the Central Bank either version (is correct) and can be used in Ireland.

Personally I prefer Euro rather than Euros.

Bull.

Finish = euro, euroa; sentti, senttiä.
French = euro, euros; cent, cents.
In french the last consonanat isn't pronounced unless the next word begins with a vowel or silent 'h'.
euros would also seem to be present in Spanish.

I only ever use 'euro' and 'cent' as singular.

Its "Euro" not "Euros"

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