1 Euro and 27 what?

K!LL!@N

Ok, here's my beef.
I'm sure you've all seen the ad's for the Euro conversion on tv. Why do they keep saying 1 Euro and 27 Cent. Correct me if i'm wrong, but shouldn't it be Cents? I know i'm being pedantic, but they make such a point of emphasizing the cent part. The only one who actually says cents is that guy from westlife. I don't know why i let it annoy me, but it does. Does it annoy anyone else?

smoke.me.a.kipper

not really.

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Dave

Err no...

-Dave

Lump

No, you muppet, Its supposed to be cent.

John

richindub2

I agree with killian, 27 cents would sound a lot better

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OSiriS

cents is so american:P
although cent isn't all that original

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_CreeD_

Well I think we should try and humanise it a little more, to aid fast adoption by the masses.
A child is often called Little'n, so why don't we call it the Eur'n?...

Har har etc. I know, no need to point at the bad joke as it runs away

Kolodny

..and the term "Spending a penny" will be replaced by "Euronation".

Sorry.

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WhiteWashMan

well, 78 per cents of all polls are made up

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He Can Even Do The Ears.....

Shiminay

And 93 percents of statistics are inaccurate...

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Bob the Unlucky Octopus

Killian m8y- it's abbreviated to cent. for centime(s) a french term- seeing how French is the most common national language in Europe, that's fair enough I suppose. Being the back-patting org. it is though- France made the concession for Deutschebank to have a huge say in the interest rates, money supply and base MRC of the euro(oh God, I'm engaged to an accountant, and it shows )

Oh and Killian- get your butt in #var occasionally- all the lads miss you!

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WhiteWashMan

i thought it was an abbreviation of something latin.
as in hello centurian etc

Thorbar

French and English are derived from latin so in a sense it is.

Victor

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by K!LL!@N:
Ok, here's my beef.
I'm sure you've all seen the ad's for the Euro conversion on tv. Why do they keep saying 1 Euro and 27 Cent. Correct me if i'm wrong, but shouldn't it be Cents?</font>

Well what about if you go to Germany and a price is 50 Centen or Italy where it is 50 Centi or whatever. The idea, if I am right is that there is a minimum of 'tailoring' the currency, although I suspect the 1-cent coin will in common English language usage become known as a penny. Ultimately it is about being ONE currency.

Well a least we won't have Farthings (0.25d = 0.104167p), ha'pennies (0.5d = 0.208333p), pennies (1d = 0.416667p), thrupences (3d = 1.25p), sixpences (6d = 2.5p), shillings (12d = 5p), florins (24d = 10p), half-crowns (oddly enough there was no crown - literally or monetarily), 10-shilling notes (120d = 50p), pounds (240d = 100p) and guineas (one pound and a shilling - 252d = 105p)

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C B

20 per cents of you are idiots!

Keeks

Why bother caring what its called. I don't care what it's called as long as I can buy drink with it.

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I suspect the 1-cent coin will in common English language usage become known as a penny.
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In the states (afaik) the 1 cent coin is known as a penny. If that right Hobbes?

C B

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bob the Unlucky Octopus:
French is the most common national language in Europe.
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No you're wrong. German is, and English is the language in which the greatest number of EU citizens are competent.

Trev

I agree with the clever people.