Harrods, Marks and Spencer, and several other London shops have announced today they will accept from next year on the Euro as currency "as part of our service". But they still accept the Pound until further notice (grin).

The French have a problem with the Euro that was unforeseen. The small change under the Euro will be the cent (100 cent = 1 Euro) and now they realise that 'cents' and 'cent' are homophones. So if you ask for a price and you think it is a bargain at 'cinq cents' (5 cents) you might also consider the possibility that what was said was actually 'cinq cent' (500).

Wolfgang