Euro or Euros, Cent or Cents?

Mr Benevolent

Which word do you use? Personally I use euro and cent. Euros and cents don't sound right at all, for example:

'Fifty euro' vs 'Fifty euros'.

Grates against my ears when I hear euros being used.

Yes yes, fire at will

Captain-America

I agree OP, drop the s.

Biggins

Well if you own a triple number of cars - do you own "three car" or "three cars" ?
If its more than one object/item/amount I go with the latter "s" attached.

Personally, I never owned a 50 Euro. I have had 50 Euro's in the form of a one note though!

Food for though...

Is there a definite right and a wrong in this case?

liah

I say euro and cents.

Euro because that's what's printed on the bills, and cents because I grew up saying cents back home.

Holsten

Quid and Cent.

galwayrush

Officially i think it's euro and cents , no caps either.;)

Chardee MacDennis

it's euro, there is no plural and therefore there is no debate. whatever people want to say is up to them but when they say euros they are wrong...

Mr. Frost

Euro's/quid/bucks/clams and cents.

http://www.uta.fi/FAST/AK2/euros.html

Guidelines on the use of the euro, issued via the Secretariat-General, state that the plurals of both 'euro' and 'cent' are to be written without 's' in English. Do this [only] when amending or referring to legal texts that themselves observe this rule. However, in all other texts, especially documents intended for the general public, use the natural plurals `euros' and `cents'.

Mr. Frost

BastardPrince wrote: »

it's euro, there is no plural and therefore there is no debate. whatever people want to say is up to them but when they say euros they are wrong...

Wrong. See above.

tony1kenobi

galwayrush wrote: »

Officially i think it's euro and cents , no caps either.;)

it's cent.....not cents.

Sharpshooter

euro and cent, I don't think I ever put the s on at the end.

Chardee MacDennis

Mr. Frost wrote: »

Wrong. See above.

well that's new! when the currency was announced it was definitely not pluralised like lira....

yawnstretch

euro

ejmaztec

It's supposed to be Euro and Cent, but as usual people will insist on making it up as they go along - always breaking stuff, letting the team down and leaving the rest of us to make excuses for them - so sad, sad.....................................:(

Biggins

Just one thing I noticed.
Whe newscasters speak of the currency, I note they always (I think) speak in terms of "Euro's"
For example: I remember one reporter stating a short while back that Sadam wanted to convert his oil sales currency from USA DollarS to European Euro'S. The reporter did not say Sadam wanted to "convert from his USA Dollar to European Euro".
Other media people take the same route.

...just another point to dwell over!

xOxSinéadxOx

euro and cent

b28

what I wouldn't give for a few euros now lol

kraggy

As far as I know, euro shall remain singular due to the fact that words beginning and ending with a vowel do not take an s when plural.

b28

I think "euro" (as in singular) comes naturally to so many people! Its much handier and more fun to use it like that lol

c0rk3r

I was outside Aldi unlocking my bike when an asian couple approached me and asked if i had two euro. I assumed they wanted it for a trolley since we were beside the trolley bay. So i take out a two euro coin and give it to the guy whilst taking the money from his hand. Which was also a two euro coin. Wtf!! Of course he wanted two euros...

People really need to sort this crap out. It only leads to confusion. Was pretty embarrassing

Sharpshooter

kraggy wrote: »

As far as I know, euro shall remain singular due to the fact that words beginning and ending with a vowel do not take an s when plural.

What about Apple so?
I have 4 Apples.
I have 4 Apple.
It doesn't sound right to me.

ejmaztec

Biggins wrote: »

Just one thing I noticed.
Whe newscasters speak of the currency, I note they always (I think) speak in terms of "Euro's"
For example: I remember one reporter stating a short while back that Sadam wanted to convert his oil sales currency from USA DollarS to European Euro'S. The reporter did not say Sadam wanted to convert from "his USA Dollar to European Euro".
Other media people take the same route.

...just another point to dwell over!

They're just trying to screw with our minds, like those nameless people putting an apostrophe in where there shouldn't be one.:eek:

b28

c0rk3r wrote: »

I was outside Aldi unlocking my bike when an asian couple approached me and asked if i had two euro. I assumed they wanted it for a trolley since we were beside the trolley bay. So i take out a two euro coin and give it to the guy whilst taking the money from his hand. Which was also a two euro coin. Wtf!! Of course he wanted two euros...

People really need to sort this crap out. It only leads to confusion. Was pretty embarrassing

Simple solution to that is do what I do, May i have 2 Euro coins please?

professore

Biggins wrote: »

Just one thing I noticed.
Whe newscasters speak of the currency, I note they always (I think) speak in terms of "Euro's"
For example: I remember one reporter stating a short while back that Sadam wanted to convert his oil sales currency from USA DollarS to European Euro'S. The reporter did not say Sadam wanted to "convert from his USA Dollar to European Euro".
Other media people take the same route.

...just another point to dwell over!

The UK press always incorrectly write euros.

RATM

Mr. Frost wrote: »

Euro's/quid/bucks/clams and cents.

http://www.uta.fi/FAST/AK2/euros.html

Guidelines on the use of the euro, issued via the Secretariat-General, state that the plurals of both 'euro' and 'cent' are to be written without 's' in English. Do this [only] when amending or referring to legal texts that themselves observe this rule. However, in all other texts, especially documents intended for the general public, use the natural plurals `euros' and `cents'.

You just know well that that statement took a whole office of eurocrats in Brussels half the morning to come up with

I actually go 50/50 on the euro(s) cent(s) debate. I say euro when referring to the note and cents for the coin. My theory is that 'cents' is a French word and the French pronounce it with a silent 's', cent. But we here speak english and when we pronounce 'Paris' we don't pronounce it 'Par-ee' with a silent 's' as a French person would. So therefore I add the 's' to cents but not to euro. Apart from that illogical convoluted mess of an argument I just prefer saying cents.

professore

Sharpshooter wrote: »

What about Apple so?
I have 4 Apples.
I have 4 Apple.
It doesn't sound right to me.

I have 4 Sheeps.

professore

RATM wrote: »

You just know well that that statement took a whole office of eurocrats in Brussels half the morning to come up with

I actually go 50/50 on the euro(s) cent(s) debate. I say euro when referring to the note and cents for the coin. My theory is that 'cents' is a French word and the French pronounce it with a silent 's', cent. But we here speak english and when we pronounce 'Paris' we don't pronounce it 'Par-ee' with a silent 's' as a French person would. Apart from that illogical convoluted mess of an argument I just prefer saying cents.

They were trying to find something that would be the same word in all EU languages. That's why it's euro and cent. Otherwise the French would spell it Eureaux.

ejmaztec

professore wrote: »

The UK press always incorrectly write euros.

The same on "Euronews", where you'd expect them to be playing the game.

efb

i find that people who didn't pluralise pound (i.e. twenty pound boss), now pluralise euro, (i.e. twenty euros boss).

I probably should stop shopping in markets, but times are tough...

RATM

kraggy wrote: »

As far as I know, euro shall remain singular due to the fact that words beginning and ending with a vowel do not take an s when plural.

I can think of loads of exceptions to that. What about eagles, oranges, ewes, iguanas, etc?

Ruu_Old

Who cares, sure we will be using a single global currency soon anyway, the worldo!

javaboy

Ruu wrote: »

Who cares, sure we will be using a single global currency soon anyway, the worldo!

Heh. I've been saying worldo for years. Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to change currencies at all any more?* Travelling would be so much simpler.




*

Except when you go to the UK of course.

bobcar61

Working in a shop I get a fair amount of English people in. You often hear them asking their partner for 20 euros. It annoys me so much as it's not right, or doesn't sound right anyways. I always say 15 euro and 36 cents for example,always leave them in the singular.

Sharpshooter

professore wrote: »

I have 4 Sheeps.

Biggins

professore wrote: »

I have 4 Sheeps.

Hopefully not all in the same bed
...or you might be getting a ram too!

ejmaztec

Ruu wrote: »

Who cares, sure we will be using a single global currency soon anyway, the worldo!

Is that the same as the Bartero?

ejmaztec

Biggins wrote: »

Hopefully not all in the same bed
...or you might be getting a ram too!

There could be more than 4 but that's as high as he has to count before he falls asleep.

Blisterman

The real issue is where to put the Euro symbol, €30 or 30€

Aesthetically I think the former looks better, but then again, the other way corresponds with how it's said (amount, then currency eg thirty euro).

Someone in europe needs to standardise this. I see different things in various different countries.

Biggins

Blisterman wrote: »

The real issue is where to put the Euro symbol, €30 or 30€

Aesthetically I think the former looks better, but then again, the other way corresponds with how it's said (amount, then currency eg thirty euro).

Someone in europe needs to standardise this. I see different things in various different countries.

This is true - in France last week they had the € at the end as in 400€.
I found it strange.
Is there an official position for the Euro sign?

Chardee MacDennis

whatever the official line is, euros sounds common!

Soby

Hate people who fecking says moneys aswell..

S.I.R

Dosh and coppers....


only way to puts it hommie.

gaeilgegrinds

Euro and Cent, cannot be the other as words are pluralised in different ways in different countries so those words are pluralised by leaving them be.

kraggy

Sharpshooter wrote: »

What about Apple so?
I have 4 Apples.
I have 4 Apple.
It doesn't sound right to me.

RATM wrote: »

I can think of loads of exceptions to that. What about eagles, oranges, ewes, iguanas, etc?

Yeah you're right. Heard it a few years ago but it's obviously not true.

That's why I said AFAIK.

Researched it there and it seems there is not actual reason for it, just the ECB deemed it so.

tolosenc

Euros and cents. Trust Irish, this will change here quite rapidly if and when the UK joins the Euro.

I hate, repeat HATE, when Irish people talk about other currencies and don't pluralise it!! "That costs 2 dollars 95 cent."

DIE.

Logically, I'd put the € after the number, but in the English speaking world (British Isles and North America, anyway, can't say for anywhere else) it's customary to put the currency symbol first. Dunno why.

S.I.R

obl wrote: »

Euros and cents. Trust Irish, this will change here quite rapidly if and when the UK joins the Euro.

I hate, repeat HATE, when Irish people talk about other currencies and don't pluralise it!! "That costs 2 dollars 95 cent."

DIE.

Logically, I'd put the € after the number, but in the English speaking world (British Isles and North America, anyway, can't say for anywhere else) it's customary to put the currency symbol first. Dunno why.

i always say dollars and cent... kill me then ??

mud

http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatIsThePluralOfEuro/bvcvl/post.htm

FruitLover

BastardPrince wrote: »

well that's new! when the currency was announced it was definitely not pluralised like lira....

The reason people think it's not supposed to be pluralised is because Charlie McCreevy, muppet that he is, misread the directive partly quoted above by Mr. Frost regarding pluralisation (or lack thereof) of the term. Consequently, RTE and various other spanners took their lead from McCreevy, and the public gormlessly followed along.

Really, ask yourself: what kind of retard would think it's correct to utter such a phrase as "twenty cent"?

S.I.R wrote: »

i always say dollars and cent... kill me then ??

If only we could take the safety labels off everything, then people like you would die out naturally.

Leprachaun

It's 'euro' and 'cent'. Not that hard to understand really.

Fizman

Mammy or wedges?

FruitLover

Leprachaun wrote: »

It's 'euro' and 'cent'. Not that hard to understand really.

You're wrong, and you're a grotesquely ugly freak.