What's more, in the Isle of Man (which is situated between Britain and Ireland) they accept pretty much any currency under the sun. You can pay for things in a mixture of pounds sterling, euro, US dollars, whatever. They don't care. Shops will just take anything, and if necessary make up an exchange rate on the spot. The reason they don't care is because they can actually spend this mix anywhere _else_ on the Isle of Man.
A very enlightened attitude, I find. Jill -----Original Message----- From: Marion Gunn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 11:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Handwritten EURO sign (off topic?) Not pausing to wonder why on earth this list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is currently discussing my country's currencies, only to wonder if anyone here knows whether Ireland is the only EU country which has to use two - in Belfast we use Pounds Sterling (£), and in Dublin euro (EUR). mg ps. To complicate/simplify matters further: I am recently returned from an academic conference in Scotland where I was invited to give a paper, and a few days ago just added £10 of my leftover UK currency from that trip to a handful of euro to buy something here. mg -- Marion Gunn * EGT (Estab.1991) * http://www.egt.ie * fiosruithe/enquiries: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
