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Euros and cents

Yoda · 2002-03-26 14:41:18

Dear colleagues, I have written an open letter to the Minister for Finance, Charlie McCreevy, about the serious problem we have in Ireland, namely, that the false plural without -s is used with the words "euro" and "cent" in Ireland and that this bad grammar is given to us all hundreds of times of day on television every…

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26-03-2002 3:41pm

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Yoda

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Dear colleagues,

I have written an open letter to the Minister for Finance, Charlie McCreevy, about the serious problem we have in Ireland, namely, that the false plural without -s is used with the words "euro" and "cent" in Ireland and that this bad grammar is given to us all hundreds of times of day on television every day.

Why is this relevant to the Politics forum? Because it was a political decision to accept a particular interpretation of a European Council regulation. It wasn't done with any linguistic consultation. It is, in my view, the sole failure we have had in making the euro changeover.

If you have interest in sociolinguistic rights, see http://www.evertype.com/standards/euro/open-letter.pdf

Spread the word.

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