Talk:Language and the euro

German puns on the Euro
Mind to suggest that the German "Euronen" is not, as claimed in the text, related to "Dublonen", but a pun on German "Neuronen" = neurons. Austrian "Eumeln" are also known as a mildly derogatory address. Their namesake are the "Eumel" (sing. and pl., the final -n only Austrian), little cartoon characters of a popular TV commercial from the 1970s. Cf. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eumel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.198.21.194 (talk) 10:47, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

The German section incorrectly refers to the öre as "the Swedish currency". The öre was only the subsidiary unit (one 100th) of the real Swedish currency, the krona; calling it "the Swedish currency" is like calling the cent "the American currency" or the penny "the British currency". In any case, the last öre coin (50 öre) was taken out of circulation in 2010, so the öre no longer even exists!213.127.210.95 (talk) 15:43, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
 * As far as the coins are concerned, you're right. In cashless payment systems, however, the smallest unit is still 1 Öre. -- Dynam1te3 (talk) 19:50, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

I can't find any citation/source for this assertion. Any people from in or around Austria have any corroboration? "In the eastern part of Austria the word Eumeln (meaning "twerps", also plural-only) is occasionally used. It combines the word euro with a typical Austrian-German ending (like the word Semmeln, Austro-Bavarian for "buns" or "rolls") and gives the word a more casual and familiar touch. " Jessamyn (talk) 15:27, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Incorrect claim on copyrighted Euro symbol used in this article
The file File:Euro symbol gold.svg has an uncertain copyright status and may be deleted. You can on its removal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Greg Spakes (talk • contribs) 10:00, 20 February 2015‎ (UTC)

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The article isn't really about linguistic issues with the euro, but simply describes the usage of the word euro in a number of languages. Therefore, I would rename the page to something more descriptive, like "Linguistic usage concerning the euro", or so. (Alternatively, the scope of the article could be reduced back, but that feels like a waste of useful information). 183.83.201.216 (talk) 03:36, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

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"Hungarian words ending with either o or u have to be accented as ó and ú"

This is actually incorrect, there are several words with -u ending and 2 with -o ending. The decisive factor is pronunciation, if it is a long vowel, then it has to be accented, otherwise it should not be. 2020-02-27T13:15:03‎ talk contribs‎
 * Since no citation was provided for the statement and it looks like WP:original research, I have deleted it for now. However if the Academy of Sciences gave that logic as its reason for declaring how the word should be spelt, then it has to go back in again because we have to accept their judgement over yours. --Red King (talk) 14:43, 27 February 2020 (UTC)


 * It's not just that any word in Hungarian that ends with o or u has to be accented, that's not true. The thing is it changes when you add grammatical stuff after the word.
 * Such as
 * Alfa Romeo - Alfa Romeók (Alfa Romeos)
 * Tesco - Tescóban (in Tesco)
 * Porto - Portóba (to Porto)
 * etc. HelpMeChoose55 (talk) 15:25, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

English plural form "euros"
The article says The Directorate-General for Translation now recommends that the regular plurals, euros and cents, be used, using this reference: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/styleguide_english_dgt_en.pdf

The source however states the exact opposite of what is said above: ''The euro. Like ‘pound’, ‘dollar’ or any other currency name in English, the word ‘euro’ is written in lower case with no initial capital. The plural of ‘euro’ is ‘euro’ (without ‘s’)''

Davte (talk) 11:15, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅, thanks for pointing that out. Apparently the document was changed in 2019. I've revised the section accordingly. --IamNotU (talk) 16:05, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Column a's usage of the currency symbol makes it look like all of these countries use € as their currency, even though that is not what that column represents.
Maybe another symbol could be used? Not the symbol of the currency.

Maybe a different symbol that other wiki pages with similar use cases refer to the bottom text, and then a checkmark besides each country that fits the requirement of column a HelpMeChoose55 (talk) 15:21, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Sanskrit
--143.244.166.156 (talk) 09:49, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * यवनद्वीप (Yavanadvīpa) m/n. Europe
 * यवनरूप्य (Yavanarūpya) n. Euro
 * यवनरूप्यक (Yavanarūpyaka) m. an Euro coin, especially a one-Euro coin