Euroz or Euro ??

KTRIC

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Right I'm feckin sick of this "Euroz" sh!t, everywhere I go I hear it, I can't even turn on the radio and there is some English twat advertising some pine furniture in "Euroz" :mad:

Who decided that we could pluralize the word "Euro" ? When it was implemented the Euro was designed for European use and seeing as each language pluralizes words differently it was decided that "Euro" was the pluralization of the word "Euro", ie. One Euro and Two Euro etc..

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Max_Damage

Because we're not French?

Miguel_Sanchez

Herez Herez

eirmail

I know that really does my head in. I notice that some people do the same with "quid" . I always say 1 quid, 2 quid ,5 quid . I have heard people saying 2 quids . "Quids" That really pisses me off

Sad Professor

Yeah this annoys me too. I always say euro, 2 euro, etc

Steyr

You can bitch all you want but its singly called eg 1euro and the rest is 2euros 500euros 1million euros.

connundrum

Its yo-yo's. Right!

petes

Someones having a bad day.

Hagar

Euros is bad enough, the French regularly use centimes for cent.

sceptre

KTRIC wrote:

seeing as each language pluralizes words differently it was decided that "Euro" was the pluralization of the word "Euro", ie. One Euro and Two Euro etc

No it wasn't.

Nevyn

Mad Dog

petes wrote:

Someones having a bad day.

Reckonz so

Hagar

Steyr wrote:

You can bitch all you want but its singly called eg 1euro and the rest is 2euros 500euros 1million euros.

Well then can you explain to us why it says "2 Euro" on a 2 Euro coin and not "2 Euros"?

No further questions for this witness M'lord.

carpenoctem

This used to annoy me too (and hey people it IS true that Euro is the plural and there is no such thing as Euros), until I realised that Swedish people pronounce it "Evro". So I say, at least we know how to pronounce it!!!

*Just let me add that the correct Swedish pronounciation would be Euro just as in English, so I'm not actually picking on a language, they ARE pronouncing it wrong...

Mossy Monk

Steyr wrote:

You can bitch all you want but its singly called eg 1euro and the rest is 2euros 500euros 1million euros.

you sir are wrong

euros is as stupid as sheeps or fishes

Feral Mutant

Steyr wrote:

You can bitch all you want but its singly called eg 1euro and the rest is 2euros 500euros 1million euros.

No, just no.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_issues_concerning_the_euro#English
http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/euro/faqs/spelling_en.pdf

daveirl

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Adam

Steyr wrote:

You can bitch all you want but its singly called eg 1euro and the rest is 2euros 500euros 1million euros.

Huge fan of blatant stupidity here, bravo sir, bravo!

/me applauds

Smellyirishman

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

Euro legally.

Euros in English speech.

Personally, I go for Euro.

28064212

daveirl wrote:

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Sure you can pluralise it any way you want, you'd just be wrong. If you're going to be wrong, do it with some style. My personal favourite is 'eurii'

Ruu_Old

Eurons is better!

Sad Professor

Here's a Kevin Myers article, criticizing euro as the plural:

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

Rovi

From the European Commission-
http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/euro/documents/spelling_en.pdf

Mini_Moose

carpenoctem wrote:

This used to annoy me too (and hey people it IS true that Euro is the plural and there is no such thing as Euros), until I realised that Swedish people pronounce it "Evro". So I say, at least we know how to pronounce it!!!

*Just let me add that the correct Swedish pronounciation would be Euro just as in English, so I'm not actually picking on a language, they ARE pronouncing it wrong...

the correct pronunciation isn't the same as the english. unless of course they just decide to switch to english in the middle of the sentence for that one word and then continue on is swedish after :P

emeraldstar

i think i heard that although euro was the plural, a while after the euro came in someone somewhere decided that euros would in fact be acceptable also....dunno though.....

Adam

emeraldstar wrote:

i think i heard that although euro was the plural, a while after the euro came in someone somewhere decided that euros would in fact be acceptable also....dunno though.....

There is just too much wrong with that post...

Gordon

Ah the plural euro debate again! Where is Yoda when you need him?

Cake Fiend

It's 'Euros'. Anyone who says '20 Euro' is a filthy communist.

Does anyone know how it's supposed to be written in Irish?

Mossy Monk wrote:

euros is as stupid as sheeps or fishes

Saying '20 euro' is as stupid as saying '20 pound' or '20 penny'.

DaBreno

Sad Professor wrote:

Here's a Kevin Myers article, criticizing euro as the plural:

Myers?! Well then, EuroS it is!

connundrum

Cake Fiend wrote:

Saying '20 euro' is as stupid as saying '20 pound' or '20 penny'.

I used to say 20 pound the whole time. You'd hardly say 'can I get a lend of a 20 pounds note?'

Pennies and cents is a different argument altogether.

magpie

Euro

Cake Fiend

connundrum wrote:

Pennies and cents is a different argument altogether.

I don't see why.

Just as any educated person wouldn't ask for '20 pound to buy a CD', you wouldn't say 'can I have 60 penny please mammy', would you? But people seem to think it's normal to ask for '60 cent' or pay '40 Euro' for a game.

KamiKazi

I's pluralise's every's word's

Angels

connundrum wrote:

Its yo-yo's. Right!

Defo yo-yo's

Yakuza

You say toMAYto, I toMAHto.

In everyday speech, either is correct, and to push one over the other down someone else's throat is the height of arrogance.

*Personally*, I use euros and cents, but if someone wants to use euro and cent, good luck to them.

What did annoy me was that on the radio (it's been corrected (changed back) since), was that the finance bit on the news talked about US dollars and cent (instead of centS).

If you're talking legal documents etc it would seem that euro is the "proper" plural, so when I write a cheque, I use euro/cent.

Mossy Monk

Cake Fiend wrote:

Saying '20 euro' is as stupid as saying '20 pound' or '20 penny'.

no

plural of Euro is Euro
plural of Pound is Pounds
plural of Penny is Pennies

saying 20 Euro is perfectly acceptable. saying 20 Euros will get you a one way ticket to hell

Feral Mutant

Someone needs to put up a poll.

robinph

Not sure where the Euroz came from but I will always use Euro's as using Euro as the plural just sounds wrong.

connundrum

Cake Fiend wrote:

Just as any educated person wouldn't ask for '20 pound to buy a CD', you wouldn't say 'can I have 60 penny please mammy', would you? But people seem to think it's normal to ask for '60 cent' or pay '40 Euro' for a game.

All those years of college were wasted on me Mammy gave me the 20 pound though

The bottom line is, I don't really care how one is to pronounce and/or spell the plural of euro and cent. As long as I have a few of each in my pocket I'll be happy.

phantom_lord

It's either euro, or yoyos.

radiospan

Euro.

Needs a poll though (to know for definate!)

jor el

Why does it matter. Euro, euros, cent, cents. I'm sure people in other Euro countries pluralise Euro in different ways, la Euro or le Euro style (not any particular language).

One thing you don't do, is put an apostrophe in! :mad: Euro, correct. Euros, may be incorrect, but acceptable. Euro's, wrong in so many ways.

It's never yoyo/yoyos/yoyo's.

fireblade1

robinph wrote:

Not sure where the Euroz came from but I will always use Euro's as using Euro as the plural just sounds wrong.

Just to be awkward Euro's is possessive not plural

kathy

petes

I know one thing, I'd like to have a lot more of them whatever the fook you like to call them.*



*euro is what I'd say.

28064212

The European Union created the Euro currency. I'm pretty sure that gives them all naming and grammatical rights. If the 'euros' brigade come up with their own continent-spanning currency, they can call it whatever they want

Big Ears

I say Euro , and admittedly Euros does annoy me .

Wertz

€uro for me. No zed or ess.
Doesn't bother me what other people use...adverts annoy me in general no matter how properly worded they are...

Death to any halfwit who uses "yo-yo" in everyday life as a monetary term.

Karoma

They're "pounds" (Or punts). To hell with your filthy Eurotrash!

robinph

robinph wrote:

Not sure where the Euroz came from but I will always use Euro's as using Euro as the plural just sounds wrong.

But saying "Euro is" is correct?!

People make me cry sometimes.
"Euros" does annoy me as well.

robinph

fireblade1 wrote:

Just to be awkward Euro's is possessive not plural

kathy

So long as I possessive a lot of them it's all good.

But it does need the S to sound right in English.

wba88

Euro.

I hate it when other ppl (americans do it a lot) call it euroz!!