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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 16:44:14 -0700 (PDT)
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On Apr 3, 10:19 pm, Jorge Llambías <jjllamb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> JPY (Japanese yen) -> ru'urjupuje

It's interesting that the ISO chose this code, because modern Japanese
never pronounce their currency as "yen"; they pronounce it as "en",
meaning "round object" (円), since it was modelled on the circular
Spanish dollar coins. Some historical details are here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yen#Pronunciation_and_etymology

mu'o

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