Agreed "Euro" is a dreadful name for a coinage. It's a dreadful abbreviation for anything, and should be avoided by anyone with any respect for the continent we live in.

The right thing to call it would have been a good Latin word which already has monetary connections - the Quid. I'm sure if they'd done that most English objections would have just melted away. It would have felt comfortable to be able to travel over the whoel of Europe paying for things in Quids.

It's not too late. Actually I imagine if/when the English adopt the currency in it'll be refered to as the "Euroquid" anyway, and sooner or later that'll be shortened to "Quid". Who refers to "New Pennies" nowadays?