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French Government Bans Term 'E-Mail'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the won't-somebody-please-think-of-le-words dept.

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 ;)

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  1. freedom fries, freedom toast, ... by jrockway · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Speaking of which, everyone laughs and goes away whenever I ask whether "french kissing" has been renamed to "freedom kissing". So has it? And if so, can I do that instead of going to war?

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  2. Re:not so normal by Sanction · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Funny, their system seems to be the one that allows for proportional representation, while the "free" US hands near absolute power to any lunatic on a 50%+1 win. I'd rather have a government that reflects the beliefs of the people and regulates language, than a government that leaves language alone and represents the bare majority (or not even that in most of our elections) at the expense of everyone else. And, at least in France, citizens cannot be stripped of their rights at the mere mention of the "T" word.

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