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purpurussy · 2 months ago

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Ok I'm sorry but why do native english speakers always refer to € as euro? it's euros omg like 5€ = 5 euros not 5 euro. Euro is the currency, euros is the monetary units. That's like someone saying 30 dollar instead of 30 dollars, for example.

I am a native English speaker technically, but I've lived in the Netherlands for most of my life so there's a caveat. I grew up speaking British English, but now my English has become very Americanized since American English is used internationally more (I almost never use British slang any more for example since nobody understands that shit outside the UK lmao) and obviously there's a big Dutch influence in the way I speak English too (I often speak dunglish more than anything when I'm talking to Dutch speakers)

I think from what I've seen English and American people tend to say "euros" plural, since you'd also say "pounds" and "dollars". I think Irish people often say "euro" singular, but correct me if I'm wrong. So it varies. I think the reason I say "euro" is because of the Dutch influence: in Dutch you'd always say "euro" singular when referring to the price of something. So a Dutch person would absolutely say "5 euro" instead of "5 euros" (I actually just checked my tags on the post where I was talking about currency and I switched back and forth in those tags lmao that's just how it is)

I don't think there's an objectively correct way to say it, and honestly I don't really care if "euro" singular is incorrect lol you understand what I'm saying so I think it's fine

#ask #my accent has changed so much as well. americans often assume I'm south african which is really interesting #i definitely made a conscious effort to lose my regional English accent and turn my accent more American #bc it's harder for non native English speakers to understand things like glottal stops and non rhotic r's #which are common in a lot of British English accents #dutch people are really really good at speaking English but since i was a kid when i moved here and most of my peers were children #with limited English. yeah #although my English accent kinda comes back when I'm talking to other native English speakers.#idk language is so complex and life becomes so much more enjoyable when you understand that linguistics #is meant to be descriptive not prescriptive #also id love to know why you assumed I'm a native English speaker since I'm pretty sure I've never mentioned that here #but i have mentioned living in the Netherlands #actually maybe i have mentioned it lol idk #or maybe you meant to say non native #i mean you weren't technically wrong lmao but I'd love to know where the assumption came from #also i do think it's important to be consistent in more serious contexts. if you're writinga paper or a grant proposal or whatever #then pick one #but idc that i switch back and forth in daily life i can't be overthinking the fucked up way i speak English at this point

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