• @[email protected]
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    355 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
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      65 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.

      • @[email protected]
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        55 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
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          65 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.

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            25 months ago

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

            • MudMan
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              15 months ago

              Could always just have defaulted to whatever the word for “money” is on that language, all at once. Go nuts. I mean, once calling it “Euro” is on the table there are no bad ideas anymore.

    • Андрей Быдло
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      25 months ago

      You won’t believe it, but €100, an ultimate prefix to the quantity of money.

  • @[email protected]
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    155 months ago

    Dassault Systems experimental unmanned combat vehicle is called the nEUROn which i thought was clever.

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky
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    65 months ago

    The most important one to me is Eurodance. Europe, to me at least, has made the best EDM.

  • Ильдар
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    45 months ago

    I remember in 90’s Russian this prefix use to mean superior things