What's the plural of EURO?

davetrousers

Not a particularly serious thread, but what is the plural of Euro? (the European currency)

I would say Euros. Because I would say for example, 1 book 5 books, therefore 1 Euro 5 Euros.

Cos while I was away I heard some people saying for example 10 Euro.

MidlandsMum

In english, Euros. In French, Euro (they don't pronounce the last "s"), same with the other latin based languages like Spanish, Portuguese, Italian.

Hope this helps.

Danyúl_II

It depends if these foreigners are speaking English to you or not.

If they're saying "10 Euro" it is probably because many foreigners miss out saying the "s" for things like "he playS", or "he likeS" etc.

It is EUROS, however - for us English

If you're on the continent it's correctly (in german at least) always EURO.

jammin_2

davetrousers wrote: »

1 book 5 books, therefore 1 Euro 5 Euros.

Yes, but how many sheeps?

Personally, I say 5 Euro (no s).

mad_rich

Read to your heart's content:

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

davetrousers

mad_rich wrote: »

Read to your heart's content:

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

lol interesting

Backbiter

Yes, thanks for the link.

I always say 'euros', whether I say "I'm off to get my euros for the holiday", or "A pint cost me 8 euros" or "2 euros 50 for a glass of water is a bit steep".

I do, however, say "2 pound fifty" not "2 pounds fifty", although I'd never say "it cost me 2 pound" ("it cost me 2 quid", yes, never "2 quids" - I've never wondered why).

Another weird thing - why in poker do people say "2 pair" not "2 pairs"?

dmg24

jammin wrote: »

Yes, but how many sheeps?

Personally, I say 5 Euro (no s).

Am I correct in thinking that you live in Ireland? Our Irish friends also say Euro.

Marty_J

dmg24 wrote: »

Am I correct in thinking that you live in Ireland? Our Irish friends also say Euro.

I use "Euro", and it's indeed very common in Ireland.

iwanttosave_2

It depends on how I am using it in a sentence to be honest. :undecided:

"I'm off to go get some Euro's for my jollys"

"Shall we get this, its only 10 Euro."

Edinburghlass_2

I prefer pounds, shillings and pence myself