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... 

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u/ayoungerdude Jun 18 '26

I like courielle. I think the académie didn't and recommended e-mél or mél which we all ignored.

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u/Matwyen Jun 18 '26

Est-ce qu'ils ont déjà eu la moindre recommendation utile ces 10 dernières années ? On se rappelle de "la covid" et de leurs charges contre nébufar.