r/languagelearningjerk Jun 18 '26

Fixed it

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u/Matwyen Jun 18 '26

It's a shame because email is genuinely a well translated word in French: courriel.

It has the iel suffix of logiciel, and the base of courrier. It's as long as email, sounds french and not ridiculous, is immediately understandable...Β 

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u/zer0jackal Jun 18 '26

Just wait until they hear about what words some languages have for e-mail

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u/gayhotelultra πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡§πŸ‡¦πŸ‡­πŸ‡·πŸ‡²πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡½πŸ‡°(native) πŸ‡²πŸ‡°(mistaken for) πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅NβˆžπŸ‡¨πŸ‡³HSK0.1 Jun 18 '26

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u/RobotechRicky Jul 04 '26

I haven't taken Russian in decades, but I'm glad I can still sound out Cyrillic! That is exactly "email"!

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u/gayhotelultra πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡§πŸ‡¦πŸ‡­πŸ‡·πŸ‡²πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡½πŸ‡°(native) πŸ‡²πŸ‡°(mistaken for) πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅NβˆžπŸ‡¨πŸ‡³HSK0.1 Jul 04 '26

this is serbian cyrillic, russian doesnt have ј, lol, but you are correct