yojimbo…have you seen those annoying ring-tone ads that promise you “the latest ring-tones direct to your phone for only 5 Yoyos a week!” Or some such rubbish.
Yoyo is gaining popularity because finding the Euro symbol on a keyboard or mobile phone apparently takes too long.
‘They’ got that decision overturned on appeal due to the problems using the word ‘cent’ to mean 100 in French (no cite as saw it on the telly) 
I only use the term ‘euro’ in France but when I get back home to Ireland, I’ll often say ‘quid’ meaning euro though I don’t know if it’s an accepted thing or not.
Gives new meaning to the phrase “pissing away your money”.
Curious … is it called “yoyo” because of the shape of the Euro symbol? Or no?
As you know, it’s the cent - and in Germany…it’s the cent. Der Cent, I believe.
Don’t the Germans pronounce it “oi-ro,” as in “oil”?
I don’t recall them ever actually saying cent. They’ll just say “zwei euro, vier und funfzig, bitte.” When I was staying there last year, I never knew it was called “cent.” I thought us Americans were just calling it that.
yes, it’s pronounced oi-ro (I was told as in spoil, same diff). I am in Germany now, and some people add cent, and others don’t.
Since we’ve slipped into pronunciation - in French you drop the ‘y’ sound English speakers naturally add at the start of the word. Italian pronunciation is an exercise for your face muscles they clearly separate the first two vowel sounds - “ay-oo-ro”.
Make sense. How often do you, in English, say “one dollar, 27 cents.” Normally, it’s “a dollar twenty-seven.” Most (if not all) European languages have this shortcut too.