Except for our money. It's not the prefix, it's just the whole word. Silly choice, we could have called it Euroeuro.
this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2024
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It's still a prefix, the currency is called .
EuroΒ²
(Euro)^2^
Eurocoins, Eurodollars, Eurounits, it all sounds quite cyberpunk.
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.
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.
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.
But that, explicitly with 'money' is english cultural imperialism. Would never be accepted in france etc.
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.
You won't believe it, but β¬100, an ultimate prefix to the quantity of money.
Dassault Systems experimental unmanned combat vehicle is called the nEUROn which i thought was clever.
Oh yeah that's pretty good!
Eurogust
We can go deeper!
- Janeurory
- Febreurory
- Maeuroch
- Apreurol
- Maeuro
- Jeurone
- Jueuroly
- Eurogust
- Septeurober
- Octeurober
- Noveuromber
- Deceuromber
Anneuroly.
The most important one to me is Eurodance. Europe, to me at least, has made the best EDM.
- eurobeat
- eurodisco
- eurotrance
- europop
Truly EUROMAGNIFICENT!
EuroNice
Eunited Kingd- oh wait
I remember in 90's Russian this prefix use to mean superior things
Can we get some Eurohealthcare over here?
Better than M1
So that's why Eurocopter changed their name to Airbus in the merger.
Except:
- currency
- emmission standards
- football championships