At 06:05 +0100 2002-03-27, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > Here in the US, I don't think I've ever heard euro as a plural. My >> German teacher was passing euros (yes, auf Englisch) around class >> today, not euro. "Having 3 euro" seems very unnatural; having 3 >> euros or euroes or even euren (analagous to children, boxen, Vaxen, >> oxen) would be more natural. > >At least in Austria, we have both plural forms `Euro' and `Euros'. >The former is used in phrases like: `Das kostet 3 Euro 40 Cent'. The >latter is used to actually count Euro coins, i.e. the phrase `I habe >drei Euros' means that I have three 1-Euro coins.
And all of that conforms to German grammar perfectly well. -- Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com
