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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. Oh well by dcw3 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Time to have some Freedom Toast, Freedom Fries, and Freedom Kiss the wife. Take that and stick it in your Freedom Horn.

    Just when most of us had started to let it go, these idiots try to start another dick size war.

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  2. Oh great! by Trolling4Dollars · · Score: 1, Troll

    Bring on the jingoist attitudes of stupid Americans once again. It's called "culture". We all have differences in our cultures. Well... except for most Americans who have no culture at all. Yes, I am American, but I can't stand the non-culture anymore. The only things we export to the world are our own ignorance and our own fear. These are truly sad times.

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  3. Re:can't you tell by my ridiculous accent? by daveq · · Score: 2, Troll

    I don't think it's unreasonable for a country to choose an official language and use it. In parts of the southwest USA you've got whole communities of spanish speakers who don't understand english, and it only creates a mess. It's a severe waste of time and money if you have to set up two signs on every road, translate every legal document (which would be a source of great argumentation among lawyers), etc. If you're going to live in a country, just learn the official language and speak it like everyone else in schools and in public places.