At 11:53 +0100 2002-03-27, Marco Cimarosti wrote:
Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
> > I think this particular "rule" is going be ignored with glee all
> > around Europe. FWIW, also in Finnish saying that the plural of "euro"
> > would be "euro", is absurd.
>
>It *would* be absurd, but EU's official recommendation for Finnish is to
>decline "euro" as usual. I think that, historically, the Finns were the
>first ones to point out the silliness of the original idea of making the
>name invariable in all languages.
I wish you all could understand how aggravating, painful, and
offensive it is to hear the "legislative" English plural used on
Irish television day in and day out. No respect whatsoever for the
language. It is very sad. I hope that my voice will be heard....
-- Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com
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