One thing that really annoys me in hotels is where the shower nozzle is only 6ft of the ground - I'm 6ft high which means I have to crouch, bend, squat etc to try and get any water on me. Also mirrors which are too low and I can't see my face when I am trying to shave. Obviously if regulations exist, they are not always taken into account.
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One thing that really annoys me in hotels is where the shower nozzle is only 6ft of the ground - I'm 6ft high which means I have to crouch, bend, squat etc to try and get any water on me. Also mirrors which are too low and I can't see my face when I am trying to shave. Obviously if regulations exist, they are not always taken into account.
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and down your top into your boobs
Nice picture in my mind, is that not an advantage?
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I totally disagree. The natural plural in English speaking countries is 'euros'. One euro. Two euros. Same with cents. While 'euro' is recognised as the official plural version in the English language, the documentation also acknowledges that this is an aberration, and that it is natural practice to say 'euros'.Can't imagine I'm alone here - something that really annoys me is 'euros' instead of euro or even worse, 'yoyos' !!
I suspect the English 'euro' plural version came about because of the habit in countries such as France of not pronouncing the 's' - i.e. 'euros' sounds the same as 'euro'. So some clown chatting to his continental counterparts got it into his head that he should pronounce it the same way (not articulating the 's'), and therefore omitted the 's' when spelling it, and this then made its way into official EU documentation. But that doesn't make it appropriate. If you look at the official versions used in other languages, several use different forms for the singular and plural:
Spain - euro/euros
France - euro/euros
Portugal - euro/euros
Finland - euro/euroa
Slovenia - euro/eurov
The amusing thing is that most people - even those who don't pronounce or write 'euros' - still say 'cents'. I surmise that is because we're used to hearing the 's' pronounced in the context of American currency - three dollars, five cents etc.
When we had IR£, which did you say?
(a) "That costs three pound."
(b) "That costs three pounds."
I bet it was (b).
Or what about film titles: "A Fistful of Dollar" anyone?
Notwithstanding the fact that officially 'euro' is the plural in English, in my view the only situation in which it's preferable to use the form 'euro' in conjunction with a number >1 is when it's used as a descriptor.
For example:
A two euro bucket. (The bucket costs two euros.)
Similarly:
A ten pound turkey. (The turkey weighs ten pounds.)
A five mile jog. (Jogging for a distance of five miles.)
'Euros' is an unofficial plural version (in English). That doesn't necessarily make it wrong.
Euros is wrong and you're correct Caveat, thats why it annoys you!I didn't say it was wrong - just that it annoyed me.
Euro is the official plural because using an 's' isn't used in all Euro countries as Damson gave examples of. The plural of pound is pounds and so it was correct to use it. The correct plural of Euro is not Euros. Its that simple. Some words add an 's', some don't.
Just coz its a plural doesn't mean it 'naturally' should end in 's', the plural of sheep isn't sheeps for example.
Euros is wrong and you're correct Caveat, thats why it annoys you!
Euro is the official plural because using an 's' isn't used in all Euro countries as Damson gave examples of. The plural of pound is pounds and so it was correct to use it. The correct plural of Euro is not Euros. Its that simple. Some words add an 's', some don't.
Just coz its a plural doesn't mean it 'naturally' should end in 's', the plural of sheep isn't sheeps for example.
Intersting. I thought when you are referring to the currency you say 'Euro'. But when you are referring to the actual coins themselves you say 'Euros'.
Guess i was wrong. (as usual
)No, euros is not wrong.Euros is wrong and you're correct Caveat, thats why it annoys you!
Euro is the official plural because using an 's' isn't used in all Euro countries as Damson gave examples of. The plural of pound is pounds and so it was correct to use it. The correct plural of Euro is not Euros. Its that simple. Some words add an 's', some don't.
Just coz its a plural doesn't mean it 'naturally' should end in 's', the plural of sheep isn't sheeps for example.
A word does not necessarily have only one plural. Look up the Oxford English Dictionary entry for cow, and you'll see several plural forms listed, the most familiar ones being cows, cattle and kine.
Similarly, in the English language, both euro and euros are acceptable plural forms of euro. For the purpose of consistency, euro was selected as the official plural form to be used in English language documentation. However, that doesn't invalidate the form euros.
And, in fact, euros is the official plural form in France, Spain and Portugal.
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Unfortunately my OED is a little out of date and has as a definition for euro:
"Austral. a large reddish kangaroo [Aboriginal]"
It does say that the plural is -os.
But, in terms of the currency, answers.com says that both -ros and -ro are permissible.
So, let's more on to more annoying things.
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Top of my hate list as well.
I presume people have them because they think it'll make people behind them drive safer.
I'd love it if road crash statistics came out that actually showed you're much more likely to be involved in a crash if you've a "Baby on Board" sign at the back of your car.
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Someone who arrives late to an argument and doesn't read the previous posts!