tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294141728297871688.post5139904625627969496..comments2024-03-26T07:09:21.701+00:00Comments on linguistlaura: Euros and the emergency pluralLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15599735346062899537noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294141728297871688.post-29469653719719371132015-11-18T00:24:34.747+00:002015-11-18T00:24:34.747+00:00Yeah, maybe! Yeah, maybe! Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15599735346062899537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294141728297871688.post-49559281517668671632015-11-18T00:21:59.926+00:002015-11-18T00:21:59.926+00:00Yeah -- I was just thinking they might have carrie...Yeah -- I was just thinking they might have carried over plural 'euro' by analogy :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00777479241840862578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294141728297871688.post-42911720212260253792015-11-18T00:11:32.503+00:002015-11-18T00:11:32.503+00:00No idea! Plenty of dialects, I think including Iri...No idea! Plenty of dialects, I think including Irish ones, have 'pound' in the plural, of course, though 'euro' is standard I think. Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15599735346062899537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294141728297871688.post-45298434940913058312015-11-18T00:10:11.301+00:002015-11-18T00:10:11.301+00:00I would be very surprised if any official rules af...I would be very surprised if any official rules affect what people say, though I suppose it might increase the frequency of what is heard/seen. Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15599735346062899537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294141728297871688.post-70013186774978489702015-11-17T23:36:09.107+00:002015-11-17T23:36:09.107+00:00What did Irish speakers do with the 'punt'...What did Irish speakers do with the 'punt' before they had the Euro? Just have 'pound' and 'pounds'?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00777479241840862578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294141728297871688.post-51195135530163570872015-11-17T21:31:24.921+00:002015-11-17T21:31:24.921+00:00This issue was actually debated at length and the ...This issue was actually debated at length and the official usage is based on prescriptive rules: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_issues_concerning_the_euro. Of course, what people do say is another matter. But there may have been an information campaign in Ireland when the Euro was introduced to discourage the use of the plural. Dimitar's doorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541534462101848990noreply@blogger.com