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🇪🇺 Euro all the things! (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

It's still a prefix, the currency is called .

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Eurocoins, Eurodollars, Eurounits, it all sounds quite cyberpunk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

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