The EU would beg to differ
20.8 The euro. Like ‘pound’, ‘dollar’ or any other currency name in English, the word ‘euro’ is written in lower case with no initial capital. Where appropriate, it takes the plural ‘s’ (as does ‘cent’):
This book costs ten euros and fifty cents However, in documents and tables where monetary amounts figure largely, make maximum use of the € symbol or the abbreviation EUR.

ec.europa.eu/translation/writing/style_guides/english/style_guide_en.pdf
( thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 12:16, 2 replies)

That's interesting
I didn't know that - I'd always been told that you're not supposed to say "euros"*, and I'd been following the story from the beginning (lived in Eurozone at the time, plus my dad works for the EU). It's language-specific of course, so what I was told may have applied only to German. But then that's redundant because other currency names aren't pluralised in German either. (So in the pre-Euro currency, an English speaker would say "ten Deutschmarks" but a German would say "zehn deutsche Mark".)

* of course, I've always done it anyway. Standard English usage trumps any announcements from some control freak in Brussels.
(julius, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 12:25, closed)

Wrong.
An English speaker would say "ten Reichsmarks, Fritz" and mention the Kaiser as well.
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 16:29, closed)

the EU can beg all they like, they are doing it wrong

( Bamboo Steamer, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 13:13, closed)