Euroz or 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!!

constitutionus

I'm still not happy with "the". its "ye" you ignorant philistines

that said i work in foreign exchange and all the customers ask for euros not euro when changing their money. popular use beats official titles any day

emeraldstar

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.

Well whatever it is, it's definately not "Euro's"!!

Plural of Euro = Euro, but i catch myself saying "Euros" quite often also...must get out of that habit as i do know it's wrong

Ponster

jor el wrote:

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).

I don't know any other country that pluralises the word 'Euro' and didn't know the Irish did until I saw this thread.
IMHO those who decided to apply the word to our currency get to decide how it's used. Just like other English words, it's not exactly up for debate.

Fraggle Rocks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_retentiveness

wow sierra

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

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

Its euro as Gaeilge also - 20 euro - fiche euro. Fierce handy too - with pounds you had to worry about putting in "b"s and "h"s in the plural and it was harder.

As all poor grammer students know, what is acceptable in spoken language is not in written. Euro is the correct plural in every EU language - but come on ye can say what ye like.

I tend to use euros when things are dear - fifty f**ing euros!!! and euro if its cheap - only fifty euro. Not a strict rule but it works for me!!!

jellie

Cake Fiend wrote:

But people seem to think it's normal to ask for '60 cent' or pay '40 Euro' for a game.

it IS normal.

All this "yoyo" stuff wrecked my head though :mad:

Fraggle Rocks

sar84 wrote:

it IS normal.

All this "yoyo" stuff wrecked my head though :mad:

jewros

constitutionus

sar84 wrote:

it IS normal.

All this "yoyo" stuff wrecked my head though :mad:

just out of interest who the **** started this "yoyo" nonsense ive never heard anyone use that phrase in real life, is it just a media fabrication they hope'll catch on? (bit like "tiger robbery", ****ing stupid. hostage robery would be a better description. prowling like a tiger my bollocks:rolleyes: )

robinph

Pretty much every language listed on this page has different spellings for the plural depending on the rules for each language. The only case where the standard 'rules' for the language are not followed is in English because someone in Ireland read the wrong meaning from what was written in a document. Even Esperanto manages to get a different spelling for the singular and the plural, and no one even speaks that.

jor el

constitutionus wrote:

just out of interest who the **** started this "yoyo" nonsense

Ringtone ads I believe. At least that's where I first heard it.