An Euro or A Euro?

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Post by Andrew_S » Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:34 pm

It's according to the pronunciation. Euro being pronounced sort of "youro" begins with a consonant sound as y is regarded as a consonant in English.
So, it's a euro.

It always annoys me when I see things like "an unique".


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Post by pierrot » Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:43 pm

easy: one euro, two euri

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Post by Samppa » Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:26 pm

yks euro, kaks euroo, etc.
Very simple :)
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Post by Great Scott » Thu Apr 15, 2004 10:55 pm

Ah English can be such an odd language. I don't claim to know what rule makes it so, but to a native it just logically follows that it is a rather than an. Samn good question though.

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BTW, in my opinion Junot it is certainly "a hotel" rather than "an hotel", I don't see the logic there.
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Post by Guest » Thu Apr 15, 2004 11:10 pm

Samppa wrote:yks euro, kaks euroo, etc.
Very simple :)

Actually, no. It's yks euro, kaks euroa. :P

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Post by sy » Thu Apr 15, 2004 11:34 pm

Samppa wrote:yks euro, kaks euroo, etc.
Very simple :)
So, according to your logic, it would be "kol eurooo, nel euroooo, viis eurooooo, jne." :lol:

Arno wrote: Actually, no. It's yks euro, kaks euroa. :P
Well, it is "yksi euro, kaksi euroa", but in slangi you can say "kaks euroo".

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Post by Guest » Thu Apr 15, 2004 11:47 pm

sy wrote: So, according to your logic, it would be "kol eurooo, nel euroooo, viis eurooooo, jne." :lol:


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Post by Andrew_S » Fri Apr 16, 2004 4:27 am

Great Scott wrote:
BTW, in my opinion Junot it is certainly "a hotel" rather than "an hotel", I don't see the logic there.
Hotel being a modern borrowing from French used to be pronounced standardly with the h unpronounced. Hence an hotel. The more prevalent pronunciation nowadays is with the h pronouced, so a hotel.

"An historic" is interesting. How would you (one) pronounce it?
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Post by Hank W. » Fri Apr 16, 2004 8:42 am

Andrew_S wrote:"An historic" is interesting. How would you (one) pronounce it?
Just like an pervert would?
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Post by Helmi » Sun Apr 18, 2004 6:27 pm

strawberry wrote:An 'otel, eh?? :wink:
Well that's how we say it in Northwest England, i.e. "Good afternoon. I'd like to book an 'otel, please." Terribly lazy talk is the Lancastrian accent but God loves us triers. :shock:
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Post by BAT » Sun Apr 18, 2004 8:22 pm

Guess we could say that we'd hear "an" in spoken English (with the 'otel pronunciation), but we should see "a hotel" in written English.

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Post by Samppa » Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:44 am

sy wrote:
Samppa wrote:yks euro, kaks euroo, etc.
Very simple :)
So, according to your logic, it would be "kol eurooo, nel euroooo, viis eurooooo, jne." :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Well, nobody says "euroa", I heard only "euroo" version.
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