RE: [OT] Voting schemes

G'day,

> As to the names: The unified currency unit in the EU before 
> the Euro was called the European Conversion Unit (ECU). 
> When the name was discussed and a suitably neutral name 
> was sought, this apparently was originally suggested
> by a French delegate. Everybody, including Margaret Thatcher, 
> agreed happily. The twist is that the Ecu was a French 
> gold coin in the days of the monarchy. None of the 
> delegates seems to have been aware of that - except,
> presumably, the French :-)

Very sneaky!!! ;)