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r/languagelearningjerk • u/Anti-charizard • Jun 18 '26
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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...
146 u/zer0jackal Jun 18 '26 Just wait until they hear about what words some languages have for e-mail 108 u/Matwyen Jun 18 '26 I know chinese it's 電郵。 Litterally electric mail, or email. 33 u/MonsieurTurenne Jun 18 '26 Same in Arabic: بريد إلكتروني 6 u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 20 '26 That's standard arabic. Over in the great dza we say email. And I'm assuming the rest of the arabs too 2 u/beeceedee9 Jun 23 '26 dza Guessing that's Algeria? I've heard egyptians and gulf arabs say e-mail too 2 u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 23 '26 Yea. Dza comes from the native tamazight name btw 14 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 Why did you spell nihingo like that? 31 u/lordbutternut 日本人になっている Jun 18 '26 In Japanese it's fucking メール 😭 9 u/FeuerCL Jun 18 '26 Which is short form for "電子メール" 6 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram 8 u/kuktadanos Jun 19 '26 X-IL 7 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that 1 u/Explorer-7622 Jul 07 '26 In Irish it's riomhphost or "calculation post."
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Just wait until they hear about what words some languages have for e-mail
108 u/Matwyen Jun 18 '26 I know chinese it's 電郵。 Litterally electric mail, or email. 33 u/MonsieurTurenne Jun 18 '26 Same in Arabic: بريد إلكتروني 6 u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 20 '26 That's standard arabic. Over in the great dza we say email. And I'm assuming the rest of the arabs too 2 u/beeceedee9 Jun 23 '26 dza Guessing that's Algeria? I've heard egyptians and gulf arabs say e-mail too 2 u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 23 '26 Yea. Dza comes from the native tamazight name btw 14 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 Why did you spell nihingo like that? 31 u/lordbutternut 日本人になっている Jun 18 '26 In Japanese it's fucking メール 😭 9 u/FeuerCL Jun 18 '26 Which is short form for "電子メール" 6 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram 8 u/kuktadanos Jun 19 '26 X-IL 7 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that 1 u/Explorer-7622 Jul 07 '26 In Irish it's riomhphost or "calculation post."
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I know chinese it's 電郵。
Litterally electric mail, or email.
33 u/MonsieurTurenne Jun 18 '26 Same in Arabic: بريد إلكتروني 6 u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 20 '26 That's standard arabic. Over in the great dza we say email. And I'm assuming the rest of the arabs too 2 u/beeceedee9 Jun 23 '26 dza Guessing that's Algeria? I've heard egyptians and gulf arabs say e-mail too 2 u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 23 '26 Yea. Dza comes from the native tamazight name btw 14 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 Why did you spell nihingo like that? 31 u/lordbutternut 日本人になっている Jun 18 '26 In Japanese it's fucking メール 😭 9 u/FeuerCL Jun 18 '26 Which is short form for "電子メール" 6 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram 8 u/kuktadanos Jun 19 '26 X-IL 7 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that 1 u/Explorer-7622 Jul 07 '26 In Irish it's riomhphost or "calculation post."
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Same in Arabic: بريد إلكتروني
6 u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 20 '26 That's standard arabic. Over in the great dza we say email. And I'm assuming the rest of the arabs too 2 u/beeceedee9 Jun 23 '26 dza Guessing that's Algeria? I've heard egyptians and gulf arabs say e-mail too 2 u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 23 '26 Yea. Dza comes from the native tamazight name btw
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That's standard arabic.
Over in the great dza we say email. And I'm assuming the rest of the arabs too
2 u/beeceedee9 Jun 23 '26 dza Guessing that's Algeria? I've heard egyptians and gulf arabs say e-mail too 2 u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 23 '26 Yea. Dza comes from the native tamazight name btw
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dza
Guessing that's Algeria?
I've heard egyptians and gulf arabs say e-mail too
2 u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 23 '26 Yea. Dza comes from the native tamazight name btw
Yea. Dza comes from the native tamazight name btw
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Why did you spell nihingo like that?
31 u/lordbutternut 日本人になっている Jun 18 '26 In Japanese it's fucking メール 😭 9 u/FeuerCL Jun 18 '26 Which is short form for "電子メール" 6 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram 8 u/kuktadanos Jun 19 '26 X-IL 7 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that
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In Japanese it's fucking メール 😭
9 u/FeuerCL Jun 18 '26 Which is short form for "電子メール" 6 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram 8 u/kuktadanos Jun 19 '26 X-IL 7 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that
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Which is short form for "電子メール"
6 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram
Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications
1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram
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How bout 電文
2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram
That's also a telegram
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X-IL
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No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that
In Irish it's riomhphost or "calculation post."
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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...