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French Government Bans Term 'E-Mail'
Licensed2Hack writes "'Goodbye "e-mail," the French government says, and hello "courriel" -- the term that linguistically sensitive France is now using to refer to electronic mail in official documents.' .
Curriel? 'Hey Pierre, curriel me those sales figures.' Just sounds wrong!" Especially if you don't actually speak french ;)
Why don't they just give it up. The only "living" language is English, the rest are dying like BSD ;->
They were a relevant culture 300 years ago but who gives a shit what they do today. They could call it zee-mail and I wouldn't care.
"Coward"
Because "Frenchman" pretty much says it all.
You are a stupid fucking asshole.
This is also the country that bans people from working more than 35 hours a week. If you are caught working more than 35 hours a week you will be fined. Police go to parking lots and mark tires to make sure you're not there too long.
Just another reason why socialism is bad.
Whatever. That doesn't take away from the fact that the guy is a Canadian!
I'm sure it would be a matter of time before Dubya renamed e-mail in the US to "freedom mail."
"You spoony bard!" -Tellah
Wait, now let me get this straight...
You are ANGRY that overtime starts at 35 hours instead of 40 hours?!
Do you even have a job?? You must be a trust fund baby or something! What kind of worker is going to complain about GETTING MORE OVERTIME!?
GET A JOB THEN GET BACK TO ME ON IT OK BUM.
Thanks to strong unions in France the pay for 35 hours is the same as when you worked 40 hours. So basically you GET MORE PAY FOR LESS WORK!
You definatly never had a real job in your life have you? Fucking lazy bum, don't tell me socialism is bad until you get a real job ok fuckio.
I wonder why the French are trying so hard to get the world to speak French, it was only sixty years ago they were doing everything they could to have the whole world speaking German!
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The French are irrelevant in todays world, and have been for over sixty years. Who cares what they think or do. They are just upset not to have the number 2 language anymore.
Si habla espanol.
Professional Politicians are not the solution, they ARE the problem.
You guys lost. French is provincial as always, and English won the war for international business language. Just give up, and start teaching English to your schoolchildren. Otherwise you'll have to invent a word or jargon for every non-French technology.
courriel = Newspeak
"Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?... Has it ever occurred to your, Winston, that by the year 2050, at the very latest, not a single human being will be alive who could understand such a conversation as we are having now?...The whole climate of thought will be different. In fact, there will be no thought, as we understand it now. Orthodoxy means not thinking--not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness." --Syme
wtf ? corr what ? give me a break! better change your
if you want "No More Hiroshimas" then I say "You First. No More Pearl Harbors."
Deal with it. When in a foreign country, even one you can drive to and back in a couple of hours, it is customary to use their currency. When you use non-Canadian money to pay for stuff, expect to get shafted. The exchange rate is estimated, and it's a lot of trouble for the business owner to handle US currency in small quantities. Either carry Canadian money, if you plan to visit here, or visit often; problem solved.
And at least we take your damn money, unlike in the US, where all cashiers seem to be trained to attack any coins you give them and pick out and give you back any Canadian PENNIES. Pennies, for fuck's sake! Over here, no one cares (except some vending machines)... what are you gonna do, run to a bank and exchange the nickle for 7 cents, minus a transaction fee of several dollars? Oh thank you, our great American overloards, for blessing me with your superior money! Fucking pricks...
...was eliminated in the trenches of WWI. The Germans cut off their balls, the Vietnamese fried them up, and the Algerians made them eat them.
"Love is a familiar; Love is a devil: there is no evil angel but Love." --William Shakespeare ('Love's Labors Lost')
french is a dying language and as such must defend itself.
"Life is short and in most cases it ends with death." Sir Sinclair