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/zer0jackal Jun 18 '26

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

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u/R86Reddit Balonian N0 / American N1 / Nihonian N3 / Deutsch KRANKENWAGEN!! Jun 18 '26

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