I wonder if (unofficially) people will start to call euro cents by the same name for 1/100th of their old currencies?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Wade VMS Systems" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: October 22, 2001 06:58 Subject: [USMA:15799] [ukma] Money and SI > >I am not aware of any official policy with the introduction of the Euro; > >there seems to be no set way to place its symbol, ?. I suppose people will > >stick with their current practices and write 1000 ? ... > > The euro symbol can be placed on either side of the amount. In Ireland, the > symbol goes before the amount, which was how the pound sign was used. I > imagine most mainland countries will place it after the amount if that was > the practice beforehand. We will also continue to use the decimal point to > separate euros from cents. The symbol 'c' will also be used to designate > cents (in amounts less than 1 euro) even though in an amazing oversight, no > official symbol for the cent was defined. > > As a metric supporter, I would have much preferred the coins to say > "centieuro" rather than "euro cent", but I guess you can't have everything. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Tom Wade, EuroKom | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (all domain mailers). > Dale House | X400: g=tom;s=wade;o=eurokom;p=eurokom;a=eirmail400;c=ie > 30, Dale Road | Tel: +353 (1) 278-7878 > Stillorgan | Fax: +353 (1) 278-7879 > Co Dublin | Disclaimer: This is not a disclaimer > Ireland | Tip: "Friends don't let friends do Unix !" > >
