However, this decision resulted in public outcry, which resulted in the commission amending its original ruling to state that usage of "euro" is inappropriate for Latvian, and that "eiro" is acceptable as a parallel form, but its use should be limited and it should be dropped over time. The reasoning was explained, that while they still insist on the use of "eira", they acknowledge that a half of users of the language are not content with such a form. They explained that the use of "euro" (and "cent" without nominative ending) is ill-suited to the language because an "eu" diphthong does not exist in Latvian, and orthographic rules discourage spellings that don't reflect pronunciation. Additionally, the "eiro" spelling is closer to "Eiropa", the Latvian word for "Europe".