Asmus Freytag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Familiarity with use will 'train' enough people to accept the 'C'uro > for a 'e'uro, so their knowledge of the full name will override their > visual processing long enough that they will see the 'e' shape in the > euro. There is no 'S' in 'dollar' nor 'L' in 'pound,' yet the symbols '$' and '�' are readily accepted in North America and the British Isles. The origins of the symbols and words are something we learn after the fact. First we learn the symbols and the words, we notice that there is no obvious connection, then we shrug our shoulders and accept it. The same thing will likely happen with the euro, especially as most people (who are not experts on characters and typography like the members of this list) will learn the euro symbol as a separate entity and will not be bothered for long by any similarities between it and ordinary letters such as 'C' or 'E'. -Doug Ewell Fullerton, California
