Re: Euro symbol (going further off topic)
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
22 Apr 1998 07:59:12 GMT
Followup to: <199804220249.MAA10863@wren.assay.sa.gov.au>
By author: Michael Talbot-Wilson <talmg@wren.forensic.sa.gov.au>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Before the conversion from pounds, shillings and pence to decimal currency
> in 1966 there was debate about what the new major unit of the Australian
> currency was to be called. One of the proposals was the "kanga", but finally
> the boring and imitative "dollar" won the day.
>
> If the name of our currency was the kanga it would be neat if the EC
> selected the euro. As it is, I think you should leave the euro to us.
>
I think they should have called it a "credit". Would have made all
those sci-fi movies make more sense.
-hpa
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