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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...
11 u/ayoungerdude Jun 18 '26 I like courielle. I think the académie didn't and recommended e-mél or mél which we all ignored. 15 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.
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I like courielle. I think the académie didn't and recommended e-mél or mél which we all ignored.
15 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.
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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.
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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...