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Quote from: DeathAndTaxes on October 24, 2013, 12:51:18 PM

Um the plural usage is right there in your quote.

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and bitcoins (with a lower case b) to label units of the currency.

Do you also say I won five hundred dollar or man prices in the UK were expensive that [...] was 10 pound.

It is units of currency thus it is plural. The only time the units of currency is singular is when it is one unit.

That will be one dollar.
That will be one bitcoin.

That will be two dollars
That will be two bitcoins.

I have a half dollar. I have .5 dollars.

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Good thread. When living in europe, i always said 100Euro or 20Pound / Quid. 20Bitcoin sounds right.

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Interesting thread. D&T you're both wrong and right Wink

It's true that in American English we often add 's' to denote plurality but it's also true our language comes from Europe where the 's' isn't always included for plurality, as in 50 euro.

This is a reason they say English is one of the hardest languages to learn. It's f-ed up and not always consistent.

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Quote from: LiteCoinGuy on October 24, 2013, 02:03:31 PM

but in german you only say Euro and not Euros.

Yeah, I don't see "euros" that much. "50 euros" sounds just weird.

In spanish, though, we do use plural.

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Quote from: LiteCoinGuy on October 24, 2013, 02:03:31 PM

but in german you only say Euro and not Euros.

...and German has some interesting capitalization rules.

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Quote from: DeathAndTaxes on October 24, 2013, 01:26:16 PM

I should have known the British would fuck up my example.

Exceptions to every rule but generally currency units are plural.
1 dollar, 15 dollars
1 euro, 15 euros
1 ruble, 15 rubles
1 bitcoin, 15 bitcoins
1 milliBitcoin, 15 milliBitcoins

but in german you only say Euro and not Euros.

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I should have known the British would fuck up my example.

Exceptions to every rule but generally currency units are plural.
1 dollar, 15 dollars
1 euro, 15 euros
1 ruble, 15 rubles
1 bitcoin, 15 bitcoins
1 milliBitcoin, 15 milliBitcoins

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Quote from: DeathAndTaxes on October 24, 2013, 12:51:18 PM

Um the plural usage is right there in your quote.

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and bitcoins (with a lower case b) to label units of the currency.

Do you also say I won five hundred dollar or man prices in the UK were expensive that [...] was 10 pound.

It is units of currency thus it is plural. The only time the units of currency is singular is when it is one unit.

That will be one dollar.
That will be one bitcoin.

That will be two dollars
That will be two bitcoins.

Pound is already both plural and singular.
£10.50 is pronounced 'ten pound fifty' (rarely pounds) - but it's ok to say 'ten pounds and 50 pence'

Interestingly 1p is pronounced 1 pence, but the coin is referred to as 1 penny.
2 pence is 2 pennies if there are literally two 1 pence coins, or 2 pence if it is a 2p coin.
ie penny has two plurals - pence and pennies depending on context.

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Quote from: Micon on October 24, 2013, 12:47:45 PM

on capitalization, I like this lots:

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Introduction#Capitalization_.2F_Nomenclature

Accepted practice is to use Bitcoin (singular with an upper case letter B) to label the protocol, software, and community, and bitcoins (with a lower case b) to label units of the currency.

but when it comes to the plural, I can't find solid info. Personally I've been using bitcoin as the plural.

"I have 5 bitcoin" instead of "I have 5 bitcoins"

then it gets hairy with fractions... do you have "0.8234 bitcoin" or "0.8234 bitcoins"

when looking at the SwC FAQ we write "Why do bitcoins have value?" should it be "Why do bitcoin have value?" because that sounds fucked when reading it in my head.

If I have $0.82, I don't say that I have "zero point eight two dollar(s)", I'd be more likely to say "eighty-two cents".

I use "bitcent" for 1/100 of a bitcoin.

Capital "B" Bitcoin is for the protocol itself, or the reference client. Lower case "b" bitcoin is for other uses, using plurals as is necessary or as conforms to common usage.

I think that there may be a similar issue (with regards to the plural form of the unit name) with the Euro.

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Um the plural usage is right there in your quote.

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and bitcoins (with a lower case b) to label units of the currency.

Do you also say I won five hundred dollar or man prices in the UK were expensive that [...] was 10 pound.

It is units of currency thus it is plural. The only time the units of currency is singular is when it is one unit.

That will be one dollar.
That will be one bitcoin.

That will be two dollars
That will be two bitcoins.

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on capitalization, I like this lots:

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Introduction#Capitalization_.2F_Nomenclature

Accepted practice is to use Bitcoin (singular with an upper case letter B) to label the protocol, software, and community, and bitcoins (with a lower case b) to label units of the currency.

but when it comes to the plural, I can't find solid info. Personally I've been using bitcoin as the plural.

"I have 5 bitcoin" instead of "I have 5 bitcoins"

then it gets hairy with fractions... do you have "0.8234 bitcoin" or "0.8234 bitcoins"

when looking at the SwC FAQ we write "Why do bitcoins have value?" should it be "Why do bitcoin have value?" because that sounds fucked when reading it in my head.

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