What's the equivalent of a Euro "cent"?
Sep 21st 2003, 10:53 pm
#136
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Re: What's the equivalent of a Euro "cent"?
Krist <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> It is officially a "cent", everywhere in Europe.
Not in Finland (assuming one speaks Finnish).
> You will not find "centime" or "centesimo" in official ECB documents.
> Not even Italian ones...
But you will find the word "sentti".
http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_fi...s/00723_en.pdf
Still I find it sad how many Finns use a nonsense word "centti".
Maybe they think that a more foreign looking spelling is cool.
The Finnish language does not have letter C in it so it is natural to
use S (or K if that's the spelling).
Osmo
> It is officially a "cent", everywhere in Europe.
Not in Finland (assuming one speaks Finnish).
> You will not find "centime" or "centesimo" in official ECB documents.
> Not even Italian ones...
But you will find the word "sentti".
http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_fi...s/00723_en.pdf
Still I find it sad how many Finns use a nonsense word "centti".
Maybe they think that a more foreign looking spelling is cool.
The Finnish language does not have letter C in it so it is natural to
use S (or K if that's the spelling).
Osmo
Sep 22nd 2003, 4:25 am
#137
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Re: What's the equivalent of a Euro "cent"?
"Gernot Egger" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> No, it es legal technical term. And I am right, 1 and 2 cent-coins are legal
> tender in Finland by EU law!
Without going to such tehnocal terms, there is nothing special regarding
those coins in the Finnish legislation. There only is a law that says
that cash payments are rounded to closest 5 or 10 cents.
Osmo
> No, it es legal technical term. And I am right, 1 and 2 cent-coins are legal
> tender in Finland by EU law!
Without going to such tehnocal terms, there is nothing special regarding
those coins in the Finnish legislation. There only is a law that says
that cash payments are rounded to closest 5 or 10 cents.
Osmo
Sep 22nd 2003, 9:57 am
#138
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Re: What's the equivalent of a Euro "cent"?
[email protected] (JX Bardant) wrote in
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>
> I find them almost only at the baker's and at the grocer's.
> Isn't this non-availability of small coins in Italy one of the reasons
> for this consumer boycott day ?
>
no, the main reason is that consumer associations claim that prices have
almost doubled since the eurification, mostly due to the psycological
factor that 1 EUR = 2,000 ITL. So, while the common 'unit' in money
exchange was the ITL 1,000 note, prices went up following the 1,000 £ = 1
EUR. And the government did anything but control prices.
Sidenote: went to Munich 4 yrs ago. The cost of living was really, really
high (speaking as a resident Italian). Was in Munich this summer. Prices
were more or less like Italy. And Germans invented the word "Teuro"
qqg
news:[email protected]:
>
> I find them almost only at the baker's and at the grocer's.
> Isn't this non-availability of small coins in Italy one of the reasons
> for this consumer boycott day ?
>
no, the main reason is that consumer associations claim that prices have
almost doubled since the eurification, mostly due to the psycological
factor that 1 EUR = 2,000 ITL. So, while the common 'unit' in money
exchange was the ITL 1,000 note, prices went up following the 1,000 £ = 1
EUR. And the government did anything but control prices.
Sidenote: went to Munich 4 yrs ago. The cost of living was really, really
high (speaking as a resident Italian). Was in Munich this summer. Prices
were more or less like Italy. And Germans invented the word "Teuro"
qqg
Sep 23rd 2003, 9:14 am
#139
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Re: What's the equivalent of a Euro "cent"?
I may want too look here:
http://www.euro.ecb.int/
"Lizard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> i.e., if something costs 3,50euro, how would you say this? "three euros,
> fifty _____" cents? is there another word for it? or do they say
"three
> and a half euros" or "three point five euros"? What about the
> denominations? are there pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters?
> Thanks
http://www.euro.ecb.int/
"Lizard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:5I%[email protected]...
> i.e., if something costs 3,50euro, how would you say this? "three euros,
> fifty _____" cents? is there another word for it? or do they say
"three
> and a half euros" or "three point five euros"? What about the
> denominations? are there pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters?
> Thanks
Sep 24th 2003, 8:30 am
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Re: What's the equivalent of a Euro "cent"?
Osmo Ronkanen <[email protected]> informed
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> Krist <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
>> It is officially a "cent", everywhere in Europe.
>
> Not in Finland (assuming one speaks Finnish).
Or Greece...
>> You will not find "centime" or "centesimo" in official ECB documents.
>> Not even Italian ones...
>
> But you will find the word "sentti".
...where the word "lepta" is not even derived from the word "cent".
> Still I find it sad how many Finns use a nonsense word "centti".
> Maybe they think that a more foreign looking spelling is cool.
Perhaps one excuse is that those people want to differentiate the
currency unit from the identical, common nick name of centimetre.
--
Heikki "Hezu" Kantola, <[email protected]>
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rec.travel.europe with the following:
> Krist <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
>> It is officially a "cent", everywhere in Europe.
>
> Not in Finland (assuming one speaks Finnish).
Or Greece...
>> You will not find "centime" or "centesimo" in official ECB documents.
>> Not even Italian ones...
>
> But you will find the word "sentti".
...where the word "lepta" is not even derived from the word "cent".
> Still I find it sad how many Finns use a nonsense word "centti".
> Maybe they think that a more foreign looking spelling is cool.
Perhaps one excuse is that those people want to differentiate the
currency unit from the identical, common nick name of centimetre.
--
Heikki "Hezu" Kantola, <[email protected]>
Lähettämällä mainoksia tai muuta asiatonta sähköpostia yllä olevaan
osoitteeseen sitoudut maksamaan oikolukupalvelusta EUR100 alkavalta
tunnilta.
Sep 24th 2003, 6:51 pm
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Re: What's the equivalent of a Euro "cent"?
[email protected] (Miguel Cruz) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > [email protected] (Miguel Cruz) writes:
> >> Incidentally, what happens if my little country decides to mint coins that
> >> exactly match, say, the UK pound?
> >
> > By matching the UK pound I assume you mean matching its face value.
>
> Nope, I mean its appearance. Or at least characteristics as measured by
> vending machines.
>
> miguel
Wasn't this a problem when the euro was first introduced? IIRC, the 2
Euro coin was the same size/weight/colour as the Thai 10 baht
coin,and, for some reason this was particularly an issue in The
Netherlands because parking meters took the 10 baht coin.
I am not sure how it was resolved....at the time, according to Thai
press, Euro powers that be wanted the Thais to change their currency,
even tho it had been in circulation much much longer than the Euro!
It wasn't changed, not sure about the 2 euro coin - just acquired
some, and tho they still look similar, I can feel the difference in
weight, if only slightly.
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > [email protected] (Miguel Cruz) writes:
> >> Incidentally, what happens if my little country decides to mint coins that
> >> exactly match, say, the UK pound?
> >
> > By matching the UK pound I assume you mean matching its face value.
>
> Nope, I mean its appearance. Or at least characteristics as measured by
> vending machines.
>
> miguel
Wasn't this a problem when the euro was first introduced? IIRC, the 2
Euro coin was the same size/weight/colour as the Thai 10 baht
coin,and, for some reason this was particularly an issue in The
Netherlands because parking meters took the 10 baht coin.
I am not sure how it was resolved....at the time, according to Thai
press, Euro powers that be wanted the Thais to change their currency,
even tho it had been in circulation much much longer than the Euro!
It wasn't changed, not sure about the 2 euro coin - just acquired
some, and tho they still look similar, I can feel the difference in
weight, if only slightly.
Sep 25th 2003, 8:03 pm
#142
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Re: What's the equivalent of a Euro "cent"?
Heikki Kantola <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>. ..
> Osmo Ronkanen <[email protected]> informed
> rec.travel.europe with the following:
> > Still I find it sad how many Finns use a nonsense word "centti".
> > Maybe they think that a more foreign looking spelling is cool.
>
> Perhaps one excuse is that those people want to differentiate the
> currency unit from the identical, common nick name of centimetre.
But nicknames belong typically into spoken language. Do they pronounce
that "centti" with a k?
Osmo
> Osmo Ronkanen <[email protected]> informed
> rec.travel.europe with the following:
> > Still I find it sad how many Finns use a nonsense word "centti".
> > Maybe they think that a more foreign looking spelling is cool.
>
> Perhaps one excuse is that those people want to differentiate the
> currency unit from the identical, common nick name of centimetre.
But nicknames belong typically into spoken language. Do they pronounce
that "centti" with a k?
Osmo
Sep 25th 2003, 8:05 pm
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Re: What's the equivalent of a Euro "cent"?
[email protected] (Henry) wrote in message news:<1g1ox1e.ze3kj7rdfzs7N%[email protected]>.. .
> Osmo Ronkanen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > [email protected] (Henry) wrote in [email protected]>...
> >
> > > Sorry--I repeat, not legal tender. You simply cannot spend these coins;
> > > according to Finnish law, merchants, etc. are not obligated to accept
> > > them, and no one will.
> > >
> >
> > You are plain wrong. They are no different than any other coins.
> > Just because of the rounding one does not see them like one does not
> > see any other 1 and 2 cent coins here. Stores do not give them as change.
>
> And will not take them as payment. I have tried.
>
Then they made a mistake. Did you use, say, 5 cents, or did you try to
pay less than needed, for example 3 cents when the rounded price
ended in five cents?
Osmo
> Osmo Ronkanen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > [email protected] (Henry) wrote in [email protected]>...
> >
> > > Sorry--I repeat, not legal tender. You simply cannot spend these coins;
> > > according to Finnish law, merchants, etc. are not obligated to accept
> > > them, and no one will.
> > >
> >
> > You are plain wrong. They are no different than any other coins.
> > Just because of the rounding one does not see them like one does not
> > see any other 1 and 2 cent coins here. Stores do not give them as change.
>
> And will not take them as payment. I have tried.
>
Then they made a mistake. Did you use, say, 5 cents, or did you try to
pay less than needed, for example 3 cents when the rounded price
ended in five cents?
Osmo
