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French Government Bans Term 'E-Mail'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday July 20, 2003 @02:15AM 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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The submitter is correct.... by dapuk · 2003-07-20 02:25 · Score: 0, Redundant

Curriel? 'Hey Pierre, curriel me those sales figures.' Just sounds wrong!"
curriel? yes, that does sound wrong!
Re:Just so ya know by AsparagusChallenge · 2003-07-20 05:00 · Score: 0, Redundant

email is also a kind of cheese

That's fromage emmental, not email