• drolex@sopuli.xyz
    14·
    10 months ago

    Except for our money. It’s not the prefix, it’s just the whole word. Silly choice, we could have called it Euroeuro.

    • MudMan@kbin.social
      2·
      10 months ago

      Honestly, people pointing this out should have called it quits the moment they named the currency “euro”. I mean, at that point the way this was gonna go was both obvious and inevitable.

      Just think, in Cyberpunk they went and called the currency “EuroDollar” because it sounded like a fun sci-fi joke. “Hold my beer” memes may be a bit old at this point, but man, they’re appropriate here.

      • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 months ago

        There was literally a European Council meeting in the mid-90s simply to thrash out the question of the name. Because there were other more imaginative proposals: florin, shilling, and of course ecu. But they went with euro, the lowest possible common denominator which offended nobody. I remember thinking what a terrible missed opportunity that was. I still think that.

        • MudMan@kbin.social
          0·
          10 months ago

          I appreciate the sheer gumption. They should have doubled down and just called it “money”. Plural “moneys”. How much is it? Seven moneys.

          Actually, now that I think about it I know at least two countries that arguably already do that, so… you know what? Euro is dumber. Love it.

          • Flag@kbin.social
            1·
            10 months ago

            But that, explicitly with ‘money’ is english cultural imperialism. Would never be accepted in france etc.