Originally posted by johnnylongwoodyChanging the subject a bit, just curiosity: why in Ireland they don't use the plural for Euro - 1 euro, 10 euro, 100 euro?
Love in an elevator.......
livin' it up when I'm goin' down.........
Americans say elevator. In Ireland we say lift.
Take the lift to the seventh floor.
Is that because they don't have many? 😉
Originally posted by Tabitha MarshallYeah, it's because we're so poor.
Changing the subject a bit, just curiosity: why in Ireland they don't use the plural for Euro - 1 euro, 10 euro, 100 euro?
Is that because they don't have many? 😉
Seriously, apparently the correct way to say it is EURO.
How much is that? It is €25 EURO and thirty five CENT.
That's the way it is meant to be said all over EURO land.
Even the cents are pronounced CENT, singular, not plural.
Don't ask me why, that just seems to be the way it is in EURO land.
Nice to meet you anyway, Tabitha. 🙂
Originally posted by johnnylongwoodyHi Johnny, nice to meet you too. 🙂
Yeah, it's because we're so poor.
Seriously, apparently the correct way to say it is EURO.
How much is that? It is €25 EURO and thirty five CENT.
That's the way it is meant to be said all over EURO land.
Even the cents are pronounced CENT, singular, not plural.
Don't ask me why, that just seems to be the way it is in EURO land.
Nice to meet you anyway, Tabitha. 🙂
In France the "s" is written but not pronounced because this is how it is in French, one never pronounces the s at the end of words, with rare exceptions, while in Portugal, Italy and Spain 200 euros is the correct form for both written and spoken.
I find linguistic differences very interesting, one never ceases to learn them.
Wikipedia has this statement:
"In Community legislative acts the plural forms of euro and cent are spelled without the s, notwithstanding normal English usage. Otherwise, normal English plurals are recommended and used, with many local variations such as 'centime' in France."
I guess using the singular words could be called local variations.
Originally posted by Blackpoolmad"Go where?"
Taking a bath?
Fix me a drink? WTF? Who broke it?
I'm a comin... What's with the a?
Ordering food, gimme a side! Side?
"Would you like to supersize that double 2 pounder cheeseburger and 1LB of fries and side?"
"Is that To go" Go where?
Away from the building serving the food. It means you're not going to eat it at the restaurant.
Side = side order. It got that name because it's often in a small bowl or on a small plate placed to the side of the main course.
"Fix" does not always apply to things that are broken.
Originally posted by KewpieI miss the centime. 🙁
Wikipedia has this statement:
"In Community legislative acts the plural forms of euro and cent are spelled without the s, notwithstanding normal English usage. Otherwise, normal English plurals are recommended and used, with many local variations such as 'centime' in France."
I guess using the singular words could be called local variations.
There were 100 centimes in the French Franc.
I think we would all be better off if we went back
to our own currencies. This EURO is a joke.
Britain must be laughing at Europe now, all the difficulties
the the Euro zone are in.
Angela Merkel got it badly wrong.
She should have attempted political union first before attempting
monetary union. Then all the states would have the same money.
At the moment there are 27 countries in the EU
but only 17 have the EURO.
Originally posted by Tabitha MarshallIf you like linguistic differences in language and accents,
Hi Johnny, nice to meet you too. 🙂
In France the "s" is written but not pronounced because this is how it is in French, one never pronounces the s at the end of words, with rare exceptions, while in Portugal, Italy and Spain 200 euros is the correct form for both written and spoken.
I find linguistic differences very interesting, one never ceases to learn them.
here are a few for you.
In the centre of Dublin City, the accent is very pronounced.
Words like ability and responsibility are pronounced ending in R Y
rather than T Y. So it sounds like Abiliry, responsibiliry.
And instead of saying hello, they say howeeeyah.
And goodbye is seeeeeeyah.
There are many, that is just a few.
-Removed-Um ... because the street is named Madison Street, it has the same name going in both directions, and it leads to everything on Madison Street. Do you want every sign to include that if it's going east, eventually you'll hit New Mexico, and if it's going west, eventually you'll hit California?
