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Title: One bitcoin, two bitcoin... or two bitcoins? Post by: aes1 on March 14, 2013, 08:27:03 AM Which one is it?
Bitcoin is a curious word! Title: Re: One bitcoin, two bitcoin... or two bitcoins? Post by: xisnotx on March 14, 2013, 08:28:47 AM two bits of coin not two bit of coins...?...
Title: Re: One bitcoin, two bitcoin... or two bitcoins? Post by: aes1 on March 14, 2013, 08:44:07 AM Oh... googling for "bitcoin plural" took me to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
So "bitcoins" it is. But still you apparently use phrases like "work for bitcoin", "accept bitcoin" and so on. (Funny though, there was a donation ad in Wikipedia and it seems they don't accept bitcoin. Missed my donation there!) Title: Re: One bitcoin, two bitcoin... or two bitcoins? Post by: Stn on March 14, 2013, 08:58:01 AM One dollar, two dollar... or two dollars?
Title: Re: One bitcoin, two bitcoin... or two bitcoins? Post by: isnoop on March 14, 2013, 09:10:05 AM Yeah, makes sense
Dollar -> Dollars Coin -> Coins Bit -> Bits Bitcoin -> Bitcoins Title: Re: One bitcoin, two bitcoin... or two bitcoins? Post by: dyseac on March 14, 2013, 09:30:12 AM Bit -> Bits Bitcoin -> Bitcoins Not BitsCoin ? coz thats what your logic says... Title: Re: One bitcoin, two bitcoin... or two bitcoins? Post by: AndrH on March 14, 2013, 11:49:51 AM Title: Re: One bitcoin, two bitcoin... or two bitcoins? Post by: evergreens on March 14, 2013, 12:45:46 PM Bitcoins
Title: Re: One bitcoin, two bitcoin... or two bitcoins? Post by: cassini on March 14, 2013, 01:20:37 PM There is only one answer, and it comes in three flavours:
a) the name of a currency - singular: "The Dollar against the Bitcoin went down by 10 percent." "The Euro against the Bitcoin went down by 10 percent." "The Bitcoin against the Pound went up by 10 percent." b) means of payment - it depends: "I spent my last ten dollars on ..." "Soon crossing 17 Trillion Dollars in Federal Debt." But: "I lost 50 Euro." "This cost me ten quid." c) amount in spoken language - singular: "... costs five dollar fifty" "... costs five euro fifty" "... costs five bitcoin fifty" ??? Title: Re: One bitcoin, two bitcoin... or two bitcoins? Post by: rayvellest on March 14, 2013, 04:26:04 PM Surely "bitcoins", with the added "s", is the appropriate spelling for the plural form of "bitcoin".
Title: Re: One bitcoin, two bitcoin... or two bitcoins? Post by: isnoop on April 12, 2013, 07:11:13 PM Bit -> Bits Bitcoin -> Bitcoins Not BitsCoin ? coz thats what your logic says... Rugrat isn't pluralized into rugsrat simply because it's compound. It's rugrats. Title: Re: One bitcoin, two bitcoin... or two bitcoins? Post by: Mike Christ on April 12, 2013, 07:14:36 PM Bitcoin: Software
Bitcoin: Protocol bitcoin/s: Currency (BTC) I have seven bitcoins. I love my Bitcoin. |