[geeks] Now for something completely geek

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 09:44:17PM +0200, Joost van de Griek wrote:
> Although some of it quite nicely illustrates the original point of this
> discussion: when the euro was just introduced, I got a lot of spam, targeted
> at Americans, on how to acquire your own "euro dollar" and own a piece of
> history. Apparently, the genius that thought up that scam was one of those
> rigid-minded people that couldn't imagine any currency being called anything
> but "dollar".

I believe that is actually the correct name of it. "Euro" is just a shorthand.

Geoff.
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