Yes I read it but couldn t see much relevance I accept your point that my examples were not greatly relevant either As regards Latin script a quick shufty at Wiki shows for example that the articles on EEK and LTL use the native terms but the article on the German Mark uses normal EN Many conclusions are possible here One could be that currencies we have had extensive contact with get Anglicised no EN speaker would have said 50 Mark we pronounced francs as if it were an EN word etc but more exotic currencies less so In spoken use though no EN speaker would be capable of saying 20 santimu or even 1 lats as you will surely have noticed Perhaps a more correct concluusion is that articles written about countries with which most EN speakers have little contact tend to be written by people from those countries whose mother tongue is not EN your good self for example Still there it is EN is the world language and unlike say LV does not belong only to its native speakers For these reasons it does not hugely matter what terms this article uses and although absolutely incompatible with EN the native terms might well be interesting to any language enthusiasts reading it I m backing out on this one 80 187 201 88