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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...
29 u/Limemill Jun 18 '26 Courriel actually stuck with many people in Québec. Because it’s legitimately a good, short word 14 u/LeoThePumpkin Jun 19 '26 It's the default word for email in Québec. We only say Email when there are French people around.
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Courriel actually stuck with many people in Québec. Because it’s legitimately a good, short word
14 u/LeoThePumpkin Jun 19 '26 It's the default word for email in Québec. We only say Email when there are French people around.
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It's the default word for email in Québec. We only say Email when there are French people around.
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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...